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Kenny's Fun Ride
Sep 2nd, 2017, 9:49pm
 
The Fun Ride (A.K.A. Annual Lancaster Air Show Ride) took place today. Nice turnout (Twelve Riders). We rolled out of the Prestonwood Baptist Church parking lot around 8:00 AM, stopped at a convenience store for a last chance bathroom break, then headed Southwest on a 15-mile ride to the Lancaster Airport. We had a couple of dog encounters (A lot of barking, no biting), and after those it looked like the rest of the ride to the airport would be uneventful. Wrong! Somewhere along Lavender Rd. Billy Bob and Jimmy John had previously scattered thousands of  tempered glass shards on the pavement. One of E. Bob's new 406 Scorcher tires suffered a puncture. I had been riding in the grass on the edge of the road to avoid the glass and would up fouling the low hanging derailleur on my GS Aero trike with a big wad of grass. After we got rolling again, and were almost at the airport, my trike's pedaling effort started increasing. That's when I noticed my right front Scorcher tire was flatting, as a result of me previously running over the grass on Lavender Rd. Thirty minutes later, I rolled into the Airport with Kenny J. All the other riders had already parked their bikes and trikes and were wandering around. Got to see a few aerial displays and the homemade ice cream guys starting to make ice cream. Then joined the rest of the gang in a hangar for a delicious barbecue lunch. Steve E came back from the ice cream booth and reported that the ice cream would now be ready in about an hour, upon which Kenny announced we were leaving. Bummer, another year without Air Show ice cream.  Sad  As we were about to leave, someone pointed out my left front Scorcher was flat. Patching the tube (had used my spare tube on the right wheel) and airing up the  tire was a very long process, so it looked like we might get some ice cream after all. No such luck, as the countdown for the ice cream being ready was holding at one hour. Double bummer!  Sad  So, we're rolling back to Seagoville when Pssssss, my left front tire goes flat. Thirty minutes later we're rolling again. No further incidents. At the end of the ride, some of us gathered at the convenience store for ice cream on a stick. Not equivalent to Air Show ice cream, but very refreshing. Thanks to everyone that assisted me with my tire and derailleur problems. Sorry, I delayed everybody. It was nice meeting you Dennis.
 
 

 
Ice cream churn, powered by antique hit-and-miss engine. Little did I know when I took the photo we wouldn't later be savoring its product's deliciousness.  
 
 

 
F4U Cosair being towed to front of hangar, just after its arrival.
 
 

 
Part of the gang preparing to leave. Dennis is in the foreground.
 
 

 
Ride leader, Kenny J, hiding behind my trike's flag.
 
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Re: Kenny's Fun Ride
Reply #1 - Sep 2nd, 2017, 10:24pm
 
What!? No surrey?
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Reply #2 - Sep 2nd, 2017, 11:08pm
 
Enjoyed the ride despite the delays.   Took advantage of some of 3 day weekend to go through video.
 
video of glass
 
Still of glass
 
Album of still captures from ride
 
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Reply #3 - Sep 3rd, 2017, 8:15am
 
Quote from JimFPU on Sep 2nd, 2017, 10:24pm:
What!? No surrey?

 
No, thank goodness.  Cheesy
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Reply #4 - Sep 3rd, 2017, 1:28pm
 
Good pictures Dennis. THANKS!!! Smiley
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Reply #5 - Sep 3rd, 2017, 1:54pm
 
Enjoyed the ride and the company of everyone and THANKS  Kenny for getting this ride together each year.  Group pic sent to Jay for posting(user error on my part). Every year I guess I'll have to buy new Halt for this ride to prevent the dog encounters. Grin   Jay, maybe next year we can figure out how to make our OWN ice cream.  
 
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Reply #6 - Sep 3rd, 2017, 9:28pm
 
Quote from diannalightning on Sep 3rd, 2017, 1:54pm:
  Jay, maybe next year we can figure out how to make our OWN ice cream.

 
Good idea. Maybe our ride leader can make that happen.  Cheesy
 
 

 
Eight members of our group of twelve. Left to right: Dennis, E. Bob, Joe F, Kenny J, Meta Ken, Jim A, Steve E, and Patti E.
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Reply #7 - Sep 3rd, 2017, 11:21pm
 
Quote from Dennis on Sep 2nd, 2017, 11:08pm:
Enjoyed the ride despite the delays.   Took advantage of some of 3 day weekend to go through video.

video of glass

Still of glass

Album of still captures from ride

I remember Jay describing the glass, but the half wasn't told me...Yeow!!   Smiley
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