Maybe I'm missing something but I never see the annual ride becoming one that would be operated as a tour requiring pre -payment for participation. This year everyone made their own hotel reservations, provided their own transportation, etc. I see this more like a chance for people to meet, ride and enjoy each other's company and I hope we keep it this way.

I feel we learned a lot from this year's ride about riding styles and other preferences. You'll never be able to plan one program where everyone will be happy. I think the separate rides according to preferences and abilities was great. Meeting at breakfast and dinner to discuss plans or events of the day was great. Maybe we take these things into consideration when planning the next one.

Now if we could just decide on a location for the next one