Biking Week of Feb. 5-11

New cyclists:  We ride about 9-12mph, which is considered "beginner" by most cycling clubs. We emphasize safety by wearing helmets, checking your bike's condition before riding, and knowing the rules of biking.  Know, too, that you can ride as much or as little of the route as you like.  If you are riding for the first time in years or rehabbing a knee or other injury and need to stop and rest part way through and rejoin us to the end or only ride part of the route, it's up to you!  We just welcome any participation on your part!

Everyone:  Please RSVP using the comment link at the end of the post.  You may have to create a free Google account (if you've signed up for gmail, you have one) to be able to RSVP.  Call me at 815-592-5923 if you have any problems with it.

Monday, Feb. 6:  Let's go exploring!  Meet at 2PM by the front steps of Majestic Sun (1200 Scenic Gulf Drive, Miramar Beach) and we'll spend 60-90 minutes or so biking down Scenic Gulf Drive (Scenic #98) and going in and out of as many little neighborhoods and developments as we can!   A spontaneous follow-the-leader, see-if-we-can-ride-all-of-the-off-streets route!  We will aim to end up about 3:30PM at Majestic Sun so that we can put our bikes back on our cars and head up to the Cabana Cafe behind us in Ariel Dunes to have drinks/eats/and listen to Banjo Rama who play from 4-7PM.  This is a fun evening...join us!
(Note:  Big group tonight, guys!  Thanks for riding and for enjoying the food, comraderie and great music of Banjo Rama up at Cabana afterwards.)


Thursday, Feb. 9:  #30A Ride. Rosemary Beach.  Meet at Wild Olives on Barrett Square right off of #30A in Rosemary Beach at 11AM.  There is plenty of parking in the square and along the little park just west of the square.  We'll bike along #30A past Alys Beach, off #30A down a side road that leads to a golf club and back to #30A for another few miles before turning around and heading back the same way.  Total = approximately 10 miles or an hour's worth of riding.  Once back at Barrett Square, we'll lunch at Wild Onions (for those who did the Seaside to Rosemary Beach ride last year, this is the same place at which we ate then.)  It's 10PM now...sorry for the late posting, but I was out tonight.  Hope you all check in the morning and RSVP to join us!
(Note:  Fun ride today, gang, even it parts were a bit windy.  I don't know about you, but I'm getting more and more interested in road bike lane riding as my non-suspension bike doesn't take those sidewalk cracks very well!  Great company and food at Wild Orchids....uh, I mean Onions....wait, no, OLIVES today!  Thanks!)


Friday, Feb. 10:    Old Destin Ride with lunch or brunch (your choice --- both served until 2PM.)  Meet at 10AM at Clement Taylor Park (131 Calhoun Avenue, Destin) and we will ride old Destin neighborhoods along the bayside down to the location of Mattie Kelly's original plantation.  We will see the mausoleum she and her husband rest within and then ride back for a total of about 10-11 miles.  Afterwards, we'll eat at The Florida House next to AJ's, just a couple of blocks away.


Check our site often for updates. And remember to always check the site before rides, since weather, no RSVP's, or emergencies can cancel them!