Sunday, September 12, 2004

Classic!

It's probably a race now to see whether Scooter or I can blog the St. Paul Classic quickest. I bet I win.

Scooter arrived at my house first:



Followed by Christy and Sandy:



And finally Ming:



We met Erik at St. Thomas:



A very few images from the ride ...

Ming and Scooter, moving almost faster than the lens can capture:


Climbing the hill out of downtown St. Paul towards Mounds View; notice the bike helmet with Vikings horns. What's taking the rest of the group so long?


The Mounds View rest stop -- roughly the halfway point:


The Como Lake Pavilion rest stop -- 75% done! (Complete with genuine lens flare!)


Done! 30+ miles and one outstanding breakfast later:


Kristi volunteered on the registration/t-shirt desk this year. Next year, damn it, her knee had better be working.

Note: no squirrels were killed in the making of the St. Paul Classic. However, several older squirrel carcasses were ridden over, as was one rather disgusting dead snake.