Hey guys, wassup?? I was on the lookout for Air on the bridge, but missed him. I must have blown right passed. I heard some people had to walk over the bridge. Whats up with that? The G/F and I rode over.

We started at 33 and 6 ave. Since it was her first time on a big ride, I wanted to avoid the walking start. She was so excited, she said she was doing it "RAIN OR SHINE" so we went. We stayed near the front all day, and even though I got a flat a block before entering Astoria Park, I was able to fix it and get on line before the 10:05 restart.

The high point of the tour was when I got to the top of the Verrazano and stopped to wait midspan for the G/F to catch up. Suprisingly, I only had to wait less then a minute for her to catch up, and while everyone was huffing and puffing on the way up, she had a big dopey grin on her face like she won the lottery. She was so excited about the whole ride, she was planning more rides as she was coasting down towards the festival.

As a side note: I finally lost enough weight to fit into a real bike jersey, so the G/F bought me the 2008 5-boro jersey. It is a little snug, but I am working on that.