Sad Ride

   Unfortunately tonight's ride was met with the sad news of Ali's father passing away.  The ride had a minute of silence for him.  It was another gorgeous fall evening for six amazing riders. It was so warm Todd only needed tights, a coat, booties and 3 additional layers of clothes.  The trails were dry and dusty and rode hard (Just like biker women). Vegas had the under over/under deer count at 20, but Ian didn't see a one.
     After the ride at Chez Jacques, we were visited by some rider-wanna-bees, David, Jeremy and Smitty.  Weird, all three are Tiger slappies. It was another great night and thanks to Mark for hosting. Next week we are meeting 7:00 @ Caboto for pizza.

Great Weather!

     For all the bad weather we got in the spring, this fall is shaping up to be a great time to ride.  Trails are in perfect condition and someone has been out there making major improvements.  There are a bunch of bridges over the soggy areas and berms all over the place.  We also had a chance to ride the new trail and realized that we needed to make some changes to it.   However, for all the great weather, only 5 riders showed up.  Those 5 riders were treated to beer, courtesy of Dave.  Dave however, was unable to make it tonight due to "complications from surgery".  In others words, he is a wimp.   Todd rectified his mistake last week and brought the chips this week.  Also, we had a newcomer out tonight.  Well, ok, not a newcomer but Jim made it out to his first ride of the year.  Although we didn't know Jim was coming out, we saw his vehicle parked at the trailhead so we figured we would find him on the trails.  And we did, with a new rider, his son Leo, fully equipped with light and all.  The sad part is, Leo was faster than me on the trails.  When Jim showed up later at Mark's he had his daughter with him.  Jim was a busy guy tonight.   Olivia hung out for some chocolate milk and chips.  It should also be noted that this is the first female to get into the behind-the-scenes of CRC.
    Attendance took some new twists tonight.  With Rob's last minute cancellation, Jay was able to move only half a point behind Rob for the 4th spot.  Ali with another mysterious no-show also dropped allowing Jay to pick up attendance points on some key members.  Could Jay slip onto the podium and avoid early season beer purchases next year?

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.