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No sleep last night…ugh, but decided to ride the 50 km ( 30 miles) anyhow (stop shaking your head Marilyn & Llama!) Ride was totally worth it! Prob ranks in the top 5 of rides, but I have no idea what the other 4 are.
The ride was on an old railroad track from Givency to Cluny that had been paved over, thus nice and FLAT! Paula (from California) and I decided that we are the caboose! Terry, a master cyclist from OZ was our guide. He kept telling us when to get over (cuz of other cyclists, skateboarders and roller bladders). He also helped Paula learn how to navigate the ‘obstacles’ to slow the cyclists down when they came to a major intersection, Paula fell at one of the obstacles, Terry’s comment whe he saw her skinned up elbow was “looks like you only lost a little bit of bark.” Thank goodness she was ok, she had shoulder surgery last October and is very tentative on the bike right now. One time Terry got a phone call, and he said, “why I’m having a beautiful bike ride w/ two beautiful women.” Gotta love Terry, no wonder he takes the caboose everyday.
Along the route, we would come by all the old railroad stations that were very cute! Paula & I would stop for photo ops, yes I’ll get the pics posted, once I get Wifi.
Once into Cluny, we found out we weren’t the last riders in! Yippee! Ok, so the other riders got lost! Changed into street clothes, went into Cluny to see what was there! Then onto the bus, for a 5 hour ride to Chamonix!
Courtney, Dan & Michele were late at getting back to the bus, but for good reason, they actually found a grocery store, Courtney bought a bottle of wine that was $150, they also bought 3 wine glasses, a cork screw, a baquette, cheese and a nectarine.
Once at the hotel, the stroke residue (ok, so I was tired!) kicked in! Fell on some wet steps by the hot tub. Thank goodness, just a bruise on the left butt cheek. Then couldn’t find anything that I needed in the duffle bag, tried to get online only to find out no Orange wifi in this hotel…I’m hoping I can find a solution tonight.
Anyway, went to dinner great conversation, food not so grood. Oh well, pop an Ambien, put the iPod on Enya and crash for 8 hours sweet!
Pics are posted here:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=83495&id=1038297795&l=a0d7dc15a9
Total mileage so far, about 78 miles, maybe 600
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Good times! Go kim go....
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