In the absence of real riding...

The kids are out of school. It's summer. You'd think a person would have time to do things like ride a bike. But no. Things aren't working out that way. Why? Well the weather has been yucky for one. Rain. Lots of it. And I've been busy working on getting ourselves ready for our Short Wing Piper Club convention vacation. And other things that I won't get into right now. I've ridden very little in the last two weeks. And I'm frustrated. But I will survive and will get back on the bike and logging some miles soon.

So, in the absence of real riding, take a trip back in time with me to April when I took part in not just 30 Days of Biking but the 30 Days of Biking Team Loving the Bike challenge against Team Bike Radio. Each day of the challenge team members could take pictures from their rides to earn a point. The picture from each day that earned the most "likes" earned another point for the team member. One of my pictures won one day - it was a picture of my bike wheel covered in snow.

It was great fun seeing the pictures that were posted each day on the Loving the Bike Facebook page. And, in the absence of real riding and to celebrate the fond memories of 30 Days of Biking, I created a slide show in iMovie of the winning pictures from Team Loving the Bike. Here it is:

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Loving the Bike said…
This is a fantastic keepsake you've put together, Myrna. I know I speak for the entire group of people on Team #LovingtheBike when I say.....Thank You.

April really was one incredible month, and sharing it with great people like you is a true honor.


Darryl
June 25, 2011 at 10:45 PM
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