The weather has been extremely volatile the last few weeks. With the super high humidity that this time of year brings in the southeast, thunderstorms seem to pop-up just about every single day. This has lead to a lot of inactivity for me recently, but today, I'm trying to break that at least a little bit and get my bike out for an event held by the nearby city of Alpharetta. The Greenway Ales and Trails program organizes a bike ride along the Alpharetta Greenway starting and ending at Jekyll Brewing. And of course, there is beer involved. I had registered for the event online a few weeks ago and received the confirmation.
With the event starting at 11 AM, I loaded my bike up and headed over a little early. When I arrived I saw twenty or so people in various states of preparing for the ride, but no organizer. After asking around, it seems the organizer had not yet shown up. Once the start time rolled around, we all decided to continue on the ride and sort it out when we returned over a cold brew.
For my part, it was just nice to be outside again. The weather was just about perfect for this kind of thing (or at least as perfect as Georgia has available this time of year). I first rode north on the paved greenway for about 2.5 miles, making good time. After hitting one of the dead ends of the Greenway, I turned and went back the way I came. The Greenway actually runs about 40-miles, but in some sections there are connector trails to continue the paved path and I didn't take the time to try and find the one here.
With it still be pretty early when I got back to the brewery, I decided to keep going and rode another 2 or so miles southward. There were a few people out and about, but it wasn't nearly as busy as I would have thought it would be. That said, it was nice to be able to cruise at a pretty good speed. I'm getting used to shifting on this new bike and feels good to be able to 'open it up' a bit on this well-maintained bike path.
Returning to the brewery just before noon, I checked and found that I had rode for a total of 8.4 miles. Nothing crazy, but a good 'wake up' ride. A couple of others had arrived and I loaded my bike back onto my roof rack and headed inside for a beer. It seems there was still no organizer and a couple of us contacted the city of Alpharetta to figure out what was going on. The young lady on the other end of the call, was very nice, but had no idea about the event and urged us to contact her supervisor on Monday. For now, I'm just going to enjoy some really nice beer.
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