After last Sunday's five flats in a group of 10 riders, I've been watching the shoulders and edges of the bike path more closely than usual.

I did get one flat this week but it was a piece of glass I picked up somewhere between the Casino and the weigh stations. It had rained pretty good in the morning and may have stirred up some debris.

With high winds during the week, I was concerned that we'd have a poor turn oujt for our Sunday ride, but instead we had as many as 11 cyclists, though we didn't all go the same way.

Mike, the Callahans, Linda and I, Scott Whitely, Lee Bauer, Tamara, and Helen showed up at the boat launch. Jim McCracken called to say he was meeting Roy at Swallows Nest at 1:30.

I agreed to push the group around the blue bridge to meet them. Roy and Jim were early and ready when we arrived. We decided to use the west wind to blow us up Tammany but Roy begged off saying his hip was bothering him again--he wanted to stay flat.

Linda, Helen, and Tamara joined Jim and Roy to ride out to 10 mile. Jim and Roy also spun up Asotin Creek.

The rest of us enjoyed a tail wind all the way to McIntosh. Donna and Gary had never ridden it. I told Donna it was fine to walk it which took some of the pressure off. She made it 3/4s of the way up before getting off "before I fell off.""

Mike lead us down Lindsay Creek. Once past the steepest descents Scott and I tried to catch him. It was all we could do taking turns pulling downhill. Mike said, "I should have put it in gear."

Lee points out that the Sunday rides end on the calendar with October, but we'll be out so long as the weather allows

Doug, Scott and Jen, and Sean did a fat tire ride from Bogan's to Flora and back on Sunday.

Lots of cyclists out on a fairly warm November afternoon. We didn't have a single flat which kind of makes up for last week.

Corrie