Another Asthma Ride in the books.

Well, this picture is post-ride, but it's such a good picture of Sam and Annie that I wanted to post it here. Guess you'll have to hit the site map and look for the "Pictures - News" link for the rest of the pictures!

As usual we enjoyed participating in the ride. I talked to Butch at ALAM last week, and he asked if I could help with traffic for the new 5K run that they added to the schedule. We arrived at Mike & Annie's Friday evening, got some vittles, and got to bed fairly early. We left about 6:30 Saturday morning to load up our snacks and coolers for the riders, then drove over to one of the busy intersections that the runners would have to navigate. That went fine, but got a little hectic as the runners were coming back and the riders were heading out. Once we were sure that everyone got through safely, we headed out to Taneytown.

We had everything with us except the table and tent, so we broke some of the things out and waited for one of the support guys (Tim, I think?) to bring those out. We met our radio guy and he stayed with us all day. Casey got to join us since it wasn't supposed to get too hot, and she enjoyed being with us.

The riders came in small bunches or sometimes alone, and everyone that came in early on was having a good time. Some of the riders that came in later looked like they had taken on more than they thought, a feeling that Terri and I know very well. Only three riders required rides back to the start from our spot though, 39 miles proving to be enough for one day.

We packed up after the coarse was clear and were back and unloaded before 4 p.m.. Back at the Rehfeld home, we were treated to Annie's fried chicken and crabs, a treat that I hold dear!

We came home early on Sunday so that Jason and Sam could attend the kickoff for the youth group and choir season at church. It was a busy but fun weekend!

Yesterday I met my friend Mark after everyone else was gone, and we headed out to Purcellville to ride one of my favorite routes. 35 miles with 2400+ feet of climbing. We met Josh (friend of Mark's, although I sort of know him) out there, and between the two of us we about killed Mark. Post-ride was wings at Main Street Wings, where Josh tried to kill himself with a sauce they lovingly refer to as "D.O.A.". They didn't have any of the spinach salad specials for some reason, so Josh couldn't be sure of the job and decided to downgrade to the "Hot" sauce.

Terri and I bowled last night, with Terri bowling very consistently, and me having to work hard to get my game under control.

Jason is spending a couple of days after school this week as he tries to make both the drill team and color guard in his A.F.J.R.O.T.C. program.