my official ride report is "not that far..... definitely not that fast".  With the help of a well timed red light that Mark L. had to stop for - I was able to chase him down enough to say hi but never could get next to him - and definitely not ahead.  So in all - there was probably 30 seconds I was within sight of Mark.
 
Finished the ride w/ 41 miles @ 14 avg.  Good ride with my big brother!

Quote from jcsadowski on May 15^th, 2010, 4:54pm:

 
Why the detour?

After checking the radar this morning I decided to do the wildflower rally. The day of rally fee was 40 but they feed you well at the start and finish. I rode to the ride at 8.5 mi. signed up for the 64 mi. Mark pulled ahead at the start and I never saw him again. Around 10 mi. I came behind John S. and unknown GDB rider and continued the chase. It was hard to pass because many slower riders were taking the left lane. After the dam and really after the thirty mile rest stop the herd thinned out. Then the hills, until the return to the dam. Wildflower really put on a good show with the rest stops I was at and the traffic control was the best i've seen for a rally except for HHH.  Rode home, napped and then... excuse me for this...rode a df around WRL for thirty.      

Well, I really did'nt think about that...guess if i'd ridden another bike I would taken another lap since the weather was so good.

Quote from jayg on May 15^th, 2010, 10:37pm:

 
If you avoided all the joggers then you did good

The wide ride has one of my most favorite rest stops.   The one at the end of the dam.    

Quote from mleuck on May 15^th, 2010, 10:43pm:

 
Got in some good evasive maneuver training.

Rode only 19 miles at WRL this afternoon, due to an unfortunate event. As I was entering the Park, happened to run across Key Largo towing his Catrike 700 on a trailer behind his car. Grabbed some lunch with him and then we started riding on the path. As Key was making the 90 degree turn at the East end of the bridge over the North end of the Lake, he had to swing wide around a pedestrian and ended up turning over his trike and slamming it into a metal grill in a stone wall. His trike is toast - there is a long, 3 mm wide crack in the heat-affected zone at the toe of the boom-to-cross member weld. As I was helping him stow the fairing mounting system that was knocked loose in the crash, a 10-year old boy on a mountain bike crashed into the same wall that Key hit. He got a handlebar jambed into his stomach. That's a dangerous turn. A roadie broke his arm there last year.
 
It's a shame about Key's ride. He's a dedicated trike rider without a backup. Might be a while before he's back riding again.

Quote from aikigreg on May 16^th, 2010, 10:44pm:

 
That is why I ride Mockingbird and never take that bridge, the rest of the lake is great

Glad to hear he's not seriously hurt. It's a good reminder for us that, in spite of how bulletproof some of us feel on trikes, they can be crashed, too.

Terrie and I saw Mr. Sadowski on Campbell road between Jupiter and Plano Rd, as he was finishing...  as we were heading to the festival to hear some tunes in the folk venue...  Couldn't slow down to chat, because there were other cars coming up behind us...
 
Glad the rain held off for you all!