Wine: 1.5L
Saturday morning was crisp and clear and I was a little disappointed that none of the Southshore riders showed up for the winter training ride. I knew it would be kind of cold for the 8 a.m. ride out of Abita Springs - the thermometer in the car was reading about 38 or so - but I was up for a good long ride in the country. There were only seven of us as we headed North into the wind, and one of the guys was doing his first ride with us and was planning on turning back at some point. Still, I was surprised that I didn't feel colder. The group was steady and after the first 10 miles or so we settled down into a steady pace of 22 mph or so, punctuated by the usual sign sprints and a few nice surges. After we turned off of Tung Road, heading North toward Enon, I looked for the eagle I had seen on a previous ride. Sure enough, I spotted him just as he landed on the very top branch of the tallest pine tree at the edge of a large field. At least I think that was he. It definitely wasn't one of the millions of turkey buzzards common around here, and it didn't look like the regular of red-tail hawks I oftn see, so I'm going with the eagle thing. I think I'll call him the Enon Eagle.
We rode through Enon and after a few miles headed West, eventually looping back around to Enon. On the way back, I was still feeling kind of frisky and surged up the long watchtower hill with one other rider and we kept the pressure on pretty much all the way back to Tung Road where we all regrouped. The rest of the way back was pretty steady and quick, thanks to the (finally!) nice tailwind. I must say I really enjoyed the ride, even though I knew my legs would be complaining later in the afternoon.
Saturday night was the annual NOBC banquet. Around 6:00 Brian, Laura, Branden, Amy, Robin and Mark started arriving with ice anddrinks and all kinds of food. The guy doing the catering arrived right on time and everything was great by the time club members and their guests started arriving. Laura had the Verge fit-kit so that we could see how the new team uniforms would fit and Amy had sketches of the new uniform design. I took a quick head count at one point and I think we had 50-60 people. Much wine was consumed, along with some nice stuff like crawfish stew etouffe and king cake. I had way too much wine (as Laura said, those Austalians make some pretty good cabernet) and after cleaning up got home around 12:30.
A good time was had by all.
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