Saturday, March 6, 2010

The End of a Good Thing But the Start of Another . . .

I'm thrilled with the encouragement I've received from my fellow bike commuting bloggers about my hopes to organize a successful Tweed ride and fundraiser benefiting Habitat for Humanity Flagstaff. So far, I haven't seen a ride organized in conjunction with a fundraiser so it's possible we could be the first. The first planning meeting is this Monday at 5:30 at the Green Room, and I'm anxious to hear the ideas of the others attending. So far, the Tweed ride has been met with considerable enthusiasm so I'm hopeful.

It looks like I'll be back to regular bike commuting fairly soon. The snow forecasts have not called for more than two or three inches the last few weeks and we've had some very sunny days in the last few weeks with considerable snow melt.

I greet the newly visible streets and urban trail with a certain bit of sadness since I've really enjoyed my after work skiing. Happily, there is still quite a bit of snow remaining at the Nordic Center and Snow Bowl and should be for quite some time. This afternoon, The Planner Guy and I spent two hours at the Nordic Center skiing groomed trails, a first for me. It was lovely. Nordic Center is surrounded by Aspen groves,which I find particularly stunning when the ground is covered in snow. We only spent about 2 hours on the trails but decided we'd try and get a group of our friends to come out with us for the day next weekend

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