still working, really

But you wanna see what I did on Saturday? My scooter club scheduled a ride to the Burlington Rib Fest. It was a much, MUCH longer ride than I've ever gone on before, but there were lots of other noobs going along too, plus they broke up the route into smaller chunks. Thanks to Dennis who took this pic and has no idea I've scoffed it for the blog.

It was a perfect day for scootering. Sunny and clear and not hot at all.

We drove the Lakeshore all the way to Appleby Line and then headed north, for the "twist and turn" part of the trip through the Escarpment. Yes, turns. Lots of tight ones. After the first bout of tight turns at 40-50kph, I realized I was going to have to take them slower if I was going to stay vertical. We ride in formation, so if one of us goes slow, the people behind them are stuck going slow too. Thankfully, they were kind to the noobs and didn't make us feel bad. And I stayed vertical. It was a beautiful ride, but I was a little too white knuckled to enjoy it as much as I could have.

Never mind. The rest was nice and straight and except for my unbelievably sore tush, easy as pie. [We were on our bikes pretty much from 11am until 9pm.] Still, I'm probably not going to sign up for another long ride for a while. Need to work up to that, I think.

My cute jacket? [Because I know you'll ask.] Lane Bryant denim. My own patches, bought with Jillian when we were in Austin. And the jacket? It R-E-E-K-S. I have two pairs of LB jeans and they stink as well. Like cheap factory stink. Even after two washings. Advice on destinking rather cute denim would be most welcome.

And now, head back down.

Oh, nice girl in the T&T parking lot tonight -- did you like the store?