Biking Week of March 4-10

WCS Cyclists -- Well, I spent the morning Friday checking out Defuniak Springs and some rides plotted online by other cyclists, only to come away disappointed.  While Defuniak has an interesting (though worn) historic district with large Southern homes positioned in a circle around a little lake with walking path (a dozen or so in good condition and possibly worth a drive over to see) that is about all there is.  The pond/lake is 1.3 miles around.  The rest of the plotted route, I'm sorry to say, has many bumpy, cracked and unkempt roads and few sidewalks.  Much of the area is quite rundown, hence, scary to me.  So I'm scratching Defuniak as a possible place to do a ride.  If anyone cares to go over and try to map out a safe ride, please have at it and let us know if you are successful!  I haven't driven all of the roads around there.


Monday, March 5:  Well, guys, unfortunately Banjo Rama is not playing at Cabana Cafe anymore this snowbird season.  So let's meet at 11AM at the Village of Baytowne Wharf on the Sandestin Resort property  (you can park in the garage there OR you can park at the Market Shops on #98 and ride down to the village to meet us.)  We'll do an hour to an hour and a half in Sandestin at a pace of 10-12mph.  I'm aiming for us to either eat at Graffiti's afterwards, as we've heard good reviews OR Hammerhead's outdoor eatery, if it's nice enough to sit outside.
Update:  Thanks, everybody (we had 11) for coming out for what I think was the nicest ride weather-wise all season!  And Sandestin is such a breeze to bike (before spring-breakers arrive) that we can often ride two abreast and chat!  Though a bit overpriced, Hammerhead's on the deck, with a live band, was a fun place for lunch!


Thursday, March 8:  Ok, since few really wanted to pay the $6 round trip over the bridge to Bluewater Bay near Niceville (and I don't blame anyone) we decided on a #30A ride, hoping that the Quacks of our group (and you know who you are) will take a packing break and join us for one last hoorah!  Meet at 11AM in the public parking where we met (briefly) for the potluck before Stan led us to his house -- the  parking lot at the intersection of #30A and #393.  We'll ride an hour to an hour and a half and end up back there to have lunch at Smiling Fish.  Hope for temps nice enough to sit outside (and no wind.)