bad boys! wish i could have made that one. sounds like fun. how 'bout a full moon run next weekend?
G On Jul 17, 8:57 pm, "Tim & Susan" <[email protected]> wrote: > John o. and I travel once more to Raleigh and join 3 others for a 132 mile > trek around Kerr Lake and through Clarksville Virginia. Very muggy ride but > cloud cover and some rain softened the heat today. John and I duel for the > Va. line sprint. Still not sure who won. It was a photo finish but somebody > forgot to take the picture. John, Jerry and I have another run in with the > local law enforcement. "Bad Boys, Bad Boys, what you gonna do when they come > for you?" That's our new theme song. > Clarksville Va. was having "Lake Fest" this weekend. 2 roads cross Kerr > Lake into Clarksville. Our regular route was barricaded. The other route > was a bypass that was illegal for both bicycles and pedestrians. What to do? > We choose to ignore the barricade, well Jerry chose and John and I tagged > along, accessories to the crime. Oh yea we found out crossing a police > barricade was a crime! We were met halfway across and laid into by the local > PD. It seems that they were staging a fireworks display from the bridge and > this dude was not happy. He escorted us off the bridge and wouldn't let us > go until he laid into us some more. Well we were finally let go after being > detained for another 5 min. sermon. Our only choice now was the by-pass. > You know that's illegal he said! Finally he told us not to do it but that he > wouldn't stop us if we did, so we did and he didn't. He did give us a blue > light police escort over the bypass bridge. I'm not sure if that was for our > safety or if he was just escorting us out of town. Then I flat while still > on the bypass. Now I'm fixing my flat waiting for the HP to show up to let > me hold it some more but I was left alone and soon continued on. > I took the N.C. state line sprint to seal the green jersey. Later at > mile 101, Mountain Road, John seals the poka dot jersey. My heart rate was > like 178 and I was still 30 yards back. Dudes a mountain goat! We finished > the last 22 miles in the rain but I didn't mind at all. 132 miles total and > we again stayed out of jail. > > tim -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en.
