Fwd: GCCMail: Strays ride Saturday Sept 16 at 8:15 am

[Rob Wilt <nullview@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Saturday September 16,  Strays will ride out from
> Boulware Springs to
> Hawthorne and back for a total mileage of  32 - 35
> miles. The group may
> stop at the overlooks if anyone is interested. 
> 
> Meet at Boulware Springs dirt lot at 8:15 am for an
> 8:30 departure.  
> 
> Ride speed range 5 - 36 mph, varying with terrain. 
> 
> Average speed in recent times has typically been
> approaching 14 mph. This
> ride is mostly flat, except for a couple of small
> hills near the
> Gainesville end of the GHT. 
> 
> There will be a convenience store or rest room
> opportunity about every 10
> miles.  The ride may visit Tim's Fast Nickel also.
> 
> After the ride, those who are hungry may head to a
restartaurant. Remember however that there will be a
party at the Edwards for Cycling festival volunteers
at 4 pm.
> 
> No pace lines, no wheel sucking, no racing, just a
> fun social ride.
> 
> Helmets are REQUIRED on all Strays rides, mirrors
> recommended, headphones
> forbidden.
> 
> Safety protocols are always observed on Strays rides
> New  riders  must  read  the  following  before 
> joining  us:
> http://gccfla.org/labtips  and 
> htmlhttp://gccfla.org/strays.html  
> 
> Any other questions:
> 
> Rob Wilt
> GCC VP
> 380-0561 
> (All calls are screened, if you identify yourself as
>  a club member and I am home, I will pick up)
>                    
> To get to the Boulware Springs dirt lot:
> From the intersection of Waldo Road (24/331) and
> University Ave (26),
> proceed East on University for about a quarter mile,
> the road forks, take
> the right fork, which is Hawthorne Rd. (20), in
> about another block take
> a right (going south) on SE 15th st., continue south
> for about 2.25 miles
> until you see the brown Gainesville Hawthorne Trail
> sign on your right.
> Pass the first entrance to the park, but enter the
> second entrance a few
> hundred feet further south. 
> 
> Park either in the dirt lot or the paved lot down
> near the spring house.
> We gather for the ride at the picnic tables next to
> the dirt lot. 
> 
> There is supposed to be a restroom available at the
> spring house, however
> it is usually locked in the morning when we try to
> use it. For those that
> need it,  there is a rest room on the right side of
> the trail about a
> mile out from Boulware just before you encounter
> Ranch Road.
> 
>                  


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 I talk to the wind, but the wind does not hear....."
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