This year for the Tour of the Vineyard I ended up doing the 50k. It was my first ride of the year and as expected the last portion of the ride was rather rough. Still the weather held at around sixty and overcast for the whole ride, which made for great weather. It did finally open up once we had finished eating, but by then we were ready to head home and nap the pain away.
I was more tired than I looked in these last two pictures, but being around Gabe can energize you after you've been away for a while. He's been amazing the whole trip so far, and charmed the pants off of the whole Folks on Spokes crew.
Here's Pete coming into the finish and Kim bravely standing in his way to get a good picture.
After the ride we all chilled out and chowed down on the burgers both veggie and otherwise and hot dogs.
Jen is wearing a hat in this photo. She kept me company the whole ride and did an amazing job considering it was her first really long ride on her new road bike. She had some trouble with turns, but absolutely flew up the hills. At the first rest stop I asked her how she was enjoying her clip in and she replied that she was to scared to use them. The way she was going up those hills you could have fooled me! All in all it was a great ride and my best fund raising year ever. This year I managed to raise one-thousand two-hundred and fifty-five dollars with the help all of my very generous donors. Thank you!
