Bike Ride

It was chilly this morning, so we were just as happy to postpone our planned bike ride with friends until afternoon. We took advantage of the chance to do the laundry. When I went to Guest Services for quarters, I ran into Mary Ann, who had just bought their tickets to the Freddie and Sheila Show next Friday. We got our tickets yesterday, and we're looking forward to a repeat of last year's wonderful show.

We tried to fix my front brakes, which were damaged somehow by a fall in the park a couple of days ago, but to no avail, so we just disabled them. Riding around here is level and pretty tame, so the rear brakes will work just fine until we can get the bike into a shop. We met Hardy and Judy at this end of the Mission Trail around 12:30, and by that time it was a beautiful day for a bike ride, a mix of sun and light cloud cover and 67 degrees. Hardy brought along his gps and a list of geocaches along our route.

We hunted in vain for the first cache in the tangle of vegetation along the bike route. We did manage to find two others, so we considered the day a success.

Hardy with his GPS and list is ready to geocache.

Lee is having no luck in this hunt.

Cane burn ahead!

Hardy and Judy at the Conway end of the Mission Bike Trail

On our way back we rode through Retama Village and decided to stop to look through the models. We had toured the casita with RV port and the house before, but this was Hardy and Judy's first look. Their reaction was similar to ours, "Hey, we could live here."

All the photos above were taken with our Droids. They are much better than most of our early shots, which is probably due to the software update Verizon pushed out to correct some early glitches.

By the time we were finished with the ride, all of us were ready for dinner, so we agreed to meet at a restaurant. We ended up at Angel's Restaurant, where Judy and Hardy are regulars. It's a family operation with a comfortable atmosphere and good home cooking, Mexican style. Ken, Judy, and I ordered the combination, but Hardy was more adventurous and had the special menudo and barbacoa.

We were feeling lazy when we got home and just vegged out at our computers and catching up on a couple of TIVO'ed Jeopardy shows.