Bridge Pedal!!!

Happy 1 year Anniversary to my  Specialized Dolce!  We've come a long way, baby. :) 

Last year, byronium  and I drove up to Portland, OR to do the Bridge Pedal. I had so much fun, I wanted to do it again, only this time, other people joined us! (YAY, RR!) 


This year, the trip didnt go as smoothly - byronium ate something that really didnt agree with him at all - he spent most of the weekend severely ill! He was still so sick Sunday morning, I had to go on my own -  nervewracking for me! But it wasnt at all bad, I followed other people heading to the start and found a whole lot of people. It was about 7 am, so didnt want to wake anyone, so tweeted instead.

The ride itself went really amazingly well - not at all hard, the hills werent bad at all. The biggest drawback - it started raining! I wasnt wearing long sleeves, or carrying a jacket, so I just got wet. Ooops. (I bought a lightweight jacket this weekend!)

I wore my Red Rider shirt from the ADA ride, not realizing the back of it says, "I ride with Diabetes" - I had a lot of people come by or as I passed them yell out "Go Red Rider!" or tell me they were riding with diabetes too. It was super touching and very emotional for me. Brought back a lot of great memories from the ride in May...

The views from the tops of the bridges were great, but I'd forgotten my camera in littletranquil 's car (doh) and didnt have any good way of getting pictures.

I also did pretty well timewise - its a 23 mile ride, and I did it in around 2.5 hours - including stops, resting, looking at views, trying to get my cell phone to work! 

I'm glad I went, even tho I was nervous doing it on my own. I'm looking forward to more rides. :) My dolce and I have a few more years together!