Big congrats on the big ride! Like so many (about 1/12 of us, I guess) I have a January birthday. This year we had some wonderful weather that month and I got my b'day ride in. However, weather wise, we paid for the nice January in February.....and March......and April...began wondering if it was ever going to warm up.
By the bye, Sam Adams and good pie is about as fine a reward as one can imagine. Way to go.
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The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
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