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50+ Annual Ride Pictures
Many 50+ First Annual Ride Pictures from DnvrFox, billydonn and Beverly (see posts and links to hundreds of pictures below) August 29, 30 and 31, 2009, Glenwood Springs, CO. Rides included the 44 mile (one way) ride on the Rio Grande Trail from GWS to Aspen, and the Glenwood Canyon Trail by the Colorado River.
Also, please see
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=580603
And a 2nd annual ride??
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=580753
I did not take many pictures, while Yen and Beverly took a whole lot. Hopefully, they will post them later. So, here are some of the pics I took, such as they are:
Breakfast meeting of the "Early Crew" Some folks get up and ride early, and like the cool temperatures (about 46F), others rise later, and ride later and like the warmer weather. So we had an "early crew" and a "later crew."
At our final dinner at the "Italian Underground" (we ate a lot):
jppe and wife
Artmo and wife
Nora and Will Dehne's wife
Will Dehne and Yen's husband
Yen and Beverly
The "early crew" ready to ride.
Nora and Beverly on the Rio Grande trail. Nora is the oldest of us at almost 72
Also, please see
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=580603
And a 2nd annual ride??
https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=580753
I did not take many pictures, while Yen and Beverly took a whole lot. Hopefully, they will post them later. So, here are some of the pics I took, such as they are:
Breakfast meeting of the "Early Crew" Some folks get up and ride early, and like the cool temperatures (about 46F), others rise later, and ride later and like the warmer weather. So we had an "early crew" and a "later crew."
At our final dinner at the "Italian Underground" (we ate a lot):
jppe and wife
Artmo and wife
Nora and Will Dehne's wife
Will Dehne and Yen's husband
Yen and Beverly
The "early crew" ready to ride.
Nora and Beverly on the Rio Grande trail. Nora is the oldest of us at almost 72
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I forgot to remove my vest for the 50+ group ride photo.
Dinner was set for 6:00. Beverly, Jim, and I returned from our 66-mile ride feeling very grungy and sweaty a few minutes after 6:00. We threw our bikes in the rooms, piled in our car, and hurried to the restaurant.
Dinner was set for 6:00. Beverly, Jim, and I returned from our 66-mile ride feeling very grungy and sweaty a few minutes after 6:00. We threw our bikes in the rooms, piled in our car, and hurried to the restaurant.
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I think we had on the perfect outfits for a 50+ bike dinner
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I agree on the outfits; everyone else was under-dressed.
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So what's up with all the huge smiles?
Thanks for sharing and looks like you all had a great time! Nice crew pictures.
Thanks for sharing and looks like you all had a great time! Nice crew pictures.
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Excellent! I hope next time (if there is a next time) it will be a little earlier in the summer so we teachers can participate.
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Very nice looking group and it looks like everybody had fun
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Here's a few of many. The rest can be seen at:
https://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c3...prings%20Ride/
Hit "slideshow" on the right near the top of the page.
This was taken along the Glenwood Canyon Trail.
Dinner at Juicy Lucy's
Along the Rio Grande trail.
Another one from the Rio Grande trail.
https://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c3...prings%20Ride/
Hit "slideshow" on the right near the top of the page.
This was taken along the Glenwood Canyon Trail.
Dinner at Juicy Lucy's
Along the Rio Grande trail.
Another one from the Rio Grande trail.
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Thanks, George.
Where do you live along the Katy Trail? Friends and I will be riding the trail Sept 11-16 starting in Clinton and working our way toward St. Charles.
Where do you live along the Katy Trail? Friends and I will be riding the trail Sept 11-16 starting in Clinton and working our way toward St. Charles.
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I'm sure between Yen and I we have a picture of every foot of both trails
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Some things could not be captured in pictures. We (Beverly, Denver, Nora, Jim and I) stopped for coffee in Carbondale (photos in Beverly's album include the bathroom sign "Bano" and movie theater next door). As we were unlocking our bikes in front, a young gal drove by in a pick-up truck and yelled "I love your shirts!", then gave a thumbs-up. Of course, she was referring to our 50+ jerseys.
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No I'm in a suburb of Houston Texas. I wish I was closer, but I'll be in Minnesota when you are going to be there. I went to Alaska just before you Colorado trip so funds were getting short. I want to go to the Cycle Fest in Fort Davis in West Texas next year in the Sept. that was a lot of fun as well. Anyhow, maybe some other trip we'll get together.
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Here's a link to my picture collection. Click on "slideshow" to the right of the collection to view them all.
https://good-times.webshots.com/album/574467261AFNzOd
https://good-times.webshots.com/album/574467261AFNzOd
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Hey, if the group was stopping that often to take pictures, I might have been able to keep up!
Really neat report.
Really neat report.
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No I'm in a suburb of Houston Texas. I wish I was closer, but I'll be in Minnesota when you are going to be there. I went to Alaska just before you Colorado trip so funds were getting short. I want to go to the Cycle Fest in Fort Davis in West Texas next year in the Sept. that was a lot of fun as well. Anyhow, maybe some other trip we'll get together.
We'll all have to save our money for the next BF ride!
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Nice, really nice. Thankyou for taking us along.
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Due to the great differences in desired speed, length of rides, intensity of rides, amount of pictures taken, etc., it was natural and appropriate for us to have different groupings from time to time.
One group took 7 hours for 33 miles up (and 2.5 hours back), stopping for many pictures, a visit to Carbondale, etc.
Yes, you could have kept up.
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Very enjoyable thread. Thanks for sharing.
p.s. jppe looks like a rock star. I don't know why I think that.
p.s. jppe looks like a rock star. I don't know why I think that.
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Bev--Katy Trail is also the trail out of north Dallas to the suburbs...same old rail line, but in Tx.
We are thinking of doing Katy in Mizzou after the Tennessee Tandem Rally in Nashville in Jun-10.
I would have loved to do the 50+ gathering but it is after school starts here in the south. Also, it hit the HHH weekend. Maybe next year.
So much to see!!!!
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Some things could not be captured in pictures. We (Beverly, Denver, Nora, Jim and I) stopped for coffee in Carbondale (photos in Beverly's album include the bathroom sign "Bano" and movie theater next door). As we were unlocking our bikes in front, a young gal drove by in a pick-up truck and yelled "I love your shirts!", then gave a thumbs-up. Of course, she was referring to our 50+ jerseys.
I got the same comment from a group of riders while my wife and I were riding the Canyon Trail. I was waiting on her to make it up "No Name Hill"........that is actually the name of the hill and the rest stop alongside of it......
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There was also a "Nameless Creek" along the Rio Grande trail Could they have used up all the available names?
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