Sunday July 19th - Ice Cream

We rode back out to the Brewery again and headed south this time. We headed down Cool Springs Road, and there was an actual cool breeze which felt good. We came back on Route 9 so we can stop for a much needed ice cream.

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Dogfish Dash

We rode out to the Dogfish Brewery in Milton, De. Don't worry, it was closed, so there was no BWI issues. We found a few back quiet rodes. It reminded us of back home. We rode into Lewes and back for a total of 27 miles.


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Milton BBQ Ride

We left from Taramino house inland towards Milton. We passed a church in Milton selling Chicken BBQue. We yelled to them as we passed, "We'll be back." We continued north another 8 miles and rode passed Swigget's Pond. The wind was tough after we turned around, but the thought of good 'ol Sussex County BbQue kept us motivated. We stopped at the church and enjoyed the bbq. The 8 miles afterwards on a full stomach was tough, but it was worth it.



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Bike To Bay Ride - April 18th

Forgot to mention -we did the Bike to Bay Ride again this year in Bethany Beach, De.

Everyone was getting lost at the beginning, because they had this weird route of going South on Route 1 and then turning around after a couple of miles and retreating back the way you came.

We did 36 miles.

Back in the Saddle- Oley Valley

Okay, I am not blogging every ride this year. But, we are in June and we haven't reached 200 miles yet. We need the Oley ride today starting at the Weis and doing the beginning of the pedal and pig out ride and than down to Daniel Boone Homestead. We came back Limeklin road and ended up with 30 miles.

It doesn't take long to get out of shape, but hopefully this ride will get us back on track.

The Quest For Chocolate

Okay, our first ride of 2009, and it is already March 7th. By this time last year, we had over 130 miles in.

We rode over to Rehoboth Beach. We started down the Breakwater Trail in Lewes and the sign said it was closed. We proceeded past the barricades and started down the trail. We didn't make it far when we saw large construction equipment on the path. We climbed past them and continued on. After encountering large puddles, inches of snow and lots of mud, we made it to Rehoboth. We rode into town and discovered a large line getting into the Chocolate Festival. We waited for about an hour to get in. Someone forget to tell the lady handing out the "turtle" cheesecake that it was only suppose to be a sample. We had a plateful and ended up getting full with many sample tickets left. We forced ourselves to use all the coupons.

It was a tough ride home.

Seagull Century (October 4th)

Seagull Century - the last big ride of the year was finally here.  What a beautiful day for a ride.  This was just the opposite of 2 years when we rode in a middle of a storm.  I wasn't feeling good, so I quit after 20 miles, but Holly did complete the 65 miles.  She just had to ring out her clothing at each of the stops.  Not this year, it was a little windy, but I wasn't going to complain.

The ride starts at Salisbury University in Maryland.  We ended up starting at 8:30.  I would say that a lot of the other 6400 riders were already on the road.  Things were feeling good as we took it easy and rode a headwind for most of the 17 miles to the first rest stop.   After that a strong wind challenged us, but the warm sun and quiet rodes kept us motivated.

We did finish the 65 miles before 2 pm and despite not having done a lot of riding, we weren't feeling that bad.  It was just the lack of saddle time that killed us.  The good news was they had the cold beer flowing at the end, so we had a few and watched the other rides coming in.  Next Year - 100 miles?  I hope so.