"cheg" wrote in message
news:Zzu0c.85685$Xp.396776@attbi_s54...
Perfect day for the Chilly Hilly ride today
(http://www.cascade.org/EandR/CH.cfm ), high 40's - low 50's and
sunshine. Not a drop of rain all day. Sometimes you get lucky. My 30
year old Raleigh International performed flawlessly as well.

I did Chilly Hilly too -- 2 hours, 32 minutes, which wasn't anything to
complain about. And you're right -- great weather. I'll add, no wind to
speak of, which helped make for a great day.

This was the first year where I didn't have to worry about child care, so I
could take the first, bike-only ferry. What a trip! Hundreds and hundreds of
bikes on the lower deck; hundreds and hundreds of bicyclists on the upper
deck. And everyone just ignored the "no cleats" rule.

I was thinking today about the 1990 Chilly Hilly. I had just moved back to
the Seattle area after years of living in other places. I had signed up to
do the Chilly Hilly that year with my dad. As it turned out, I got a new job
after I signed up, and my new work place wanted to send me to Washington DC
to attend a conference and lobby our state's delegation. I was caught up
with the whole glamour of the thing, and gave my Chilly Hilly registration
to my husband. He ended up doing that ride with my dad.

That was the last formal bike event my dad ever rode in. I was thinking
today that I will never have the experience of riding in something like that
with my dad, and it makes me feel very sad.


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