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This (June 10, a long time ago now) was a great day. From the left: headless Mike Substelny (sorry Mike), Christina Getrost, Bob Rodgers, Mel Getrost, and Chad Berry. We learned a lot from Bob, most timely was how to draft. A drafting phrase we put into immediate use was "grabbing wheel", or more graphically, "sucking wheel". Yeah. We used it and used it and used it. We're still using it. We get strange looks. The picture in the upper left is us finally on the road, getting distracted. But Mike got distracted first! And for good reason. That little vehicle at the M.D.Garage pumps posed a bit of a puzzle for him. No big deal, as long as he gets a little closer, he's always confident he can make an ID!

STYMIED. There's a Chevy "bowtie" on the front. Which doesn't jibe with the Chevy history as Mike knows it. But the owner is just across the road and hollers out, "It's a Fiat!" The clouds part, the sun shines down, and all is right with the world. We are free to resume our bike ride.

What you do not see in the pictures is the beautiful little dappled fawn that pranced across our path JUST before the Fiat pulled up to the pumps. Magical. But sometimes things that happen are just that: Things That Happen. They are gifts that are meant simply to be enjoyed, not recorded. Not ruined by the scrabbling for recording media. And I fully appreciate the irony I AM recording.
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