Fall in Officially Here

     Tonight was the first cold night of the year and with it came the endless debate over what to wear.  Despite consulting my tried and true clothing chart, some members decided to overdress as usual.  When will you guys learn.  I am just Arthur didn't show tonight because he would have been in full designer blue jeans.  So as a courtesy to you guys I have attached my chart at the bottom for future consultation.
     A new trail was also born tonight, we should name it.  We extended the trail out by Ojibway (and cleaned up the overgrown part) farther out into the woods.  We probably added another 1/2 km or so.
     As for the more important stuff.  Thanks Mark for offering up the leftovers from your son's wedding.  Apparently in one member's haste to grab a good deal he forgot one very important item...... the chips!  Once again Mark came through, thanks Mark.   Dave is up next but apparently will be unavailable to ride next Wednesday for some reason that we won't discuss (although glad to say that micro-surgery can now be done in Windsor).  We are nearing the end of the season which means getting close to the bottom of the beer list.  Posted so you guys can check out when you brought this year.

End of September, Still in Shorts

      The weather of late has been incredible.  I'll take 78 degrees anytime at the end of September.  Good turnout tonight too, although we were missing a couple of regular attendees.  Apparently Week 1 of the squash league took a little too much out of Rob.  All in all a great ride, trail conditions were perfect.  Thanks to Jeremy for bringing the ice cold beer (literally) and 3 bags of chips.
     The plan for next week is to do a little trail maintenance on the section that we built around the downed tree last year.  The trail exiting the singletrack is very overgrown and we are going to add on the trail that we built last year.  It won't take long and we'll do it the same as we did last year, take maybe a half hour and get it done.  So bring any of your snips, cutters whatever.  I am sure that Davey Half-Snips will have our new trail looking great in no time.
     Attached is the updated beer list.  Next up is the guy with perfect attendance.... Todd.  Dave is after that.

   

Let's Go Blue!

     What a day! Where to begin?  Once again CRC had an epic day that won't be soon forgotten.  The day began bright and early.  Apparently too early for some CRC that backed out at the last minute with what everyone agreed today were lame excuses at best.  Our first stop of course was Meijer to stock up on beverages and food.  Upon our arrival at the golf course the weather was perfect.  We broke out the games and Mark got busy cooking.  This year was a little odd in that the usual ticket vendors didn't seem to be around which led one CRC member to worry that we wouldn't get in (Mike).
     Soon it was time to head over to the stadium despite not having any tickets.  Very quickly we found the ticket vendors and all of us were able to secure tickets for $40.  However, this is where CRC gets split up for the game.  Mike and Mark went off on their merry way (could have sworn I saw them holding hands as they went).  Arthur, Dave, Al (a potential new member that offered to step in when he heard about some of our other wussy members) and myself ended up with seats together in the Oregon State student section.  That left Jeremy and Jay sitting together.  According to these guys, they had incredible box seat tickets with cushions, weather protection and their own personal waitress and washroom.  No troughing it for them.  However, little of this can be confirmed by a reliable source.
      After a Michigan victory it was back to the golf course for round 2 of eating, drinking and games.  This time Mark treated us to some garlic shrimp and the most tender steaks.  Well done Mark!  Soon it was time to return home.  The trip home was more eventful for a certain car as they were almost subjected to a very personal body search at the border:)  Sorry about that guys.  All in all, great day.  Here is a link to all the pictures.

Romanian Cycling Team

Apparently when Arthur went back home this summer, he learned of a new fashion that he believes

will be very popular in the next little bit.  He decided to wear it out this week at CRC, immediately prompting comments like "who brought out Daisy Duke?" or "I can't ride behind you Arthur, you are turning me on (Ali)".  Needless to say, it will be interesting to see if this new fashion catches on.  One CRC member (I won't say who but he works at a health insurance company and lives in Belle River) was overheard say that he did have a pair of cut-off shorts at home.......
   Happy birthday to Mark and thank you to Laura for buying us pizza after the ride.  It would have been nice to wash down the pizza with beer but.....thankfully Mark again took care of us.  What would we do without you :) As for the ride, it is time to break out the lights.  Ride time leaves at 6:30 and second half is in the dark.   Beer order for next couple week is Arthur then Jeremy.