What's the "Strays Ichetucknee Triathlon," you ask? Why it's, "Ride, Eat, Float/Swim," of course.

The Strays will gather this Saturday, August 11, for our second such adventure from Ichetucknee Springs State Park.

We will meet at the South Entrance parking lot of the park no later than 8:45 a.m. with the goal of a 9:00 a.m. start (or earlier, if all who R.S.V.P. are there and ready to go). We will ride either 25 or 34 miles, depending on the consensus of the group, but the leadership is leaning toward the former (which we did last year). The ride will go out on the Branford Trail at least as far as Branford and return mostly on back roads (see map, http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=360129, the short route turns around at the U.S. 27 bridge in Branford).

Upon returning to the park, we will quickly indulge in a b.y.o. picnic lunch and then go tubing (at least once) from one of the lower tube launch points (hopefully the midpoint).

Please R.S.V.P. for this adventure. If enough people seriously R.S.V.P., I may be coerced into bringing a banana pudding.

The tubing fee is $5 per person.

What you need to bring:

• Your bike (of course)
• Your lunch (don't forget beverages)
• Flotation for tubing (byo or rent before coming to the park) and you must be able to secure it in your car while we ride.
• Swimwear unless you want to swim in your bike shorts, I don't.
• A method of securing your bike while we tube.
  

I will post another announcement around Thursday with clarifications of any issues that are raised between now and then.

For more information on Ichetucknee Springs, see http://www.floridastateparks.org/ichetuckneesprings/

For cool pics from last year, see
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cell911/sets/72157594243535575/

All the usual Strays group protocols apply to this ride.

Happy trails.

--Craig



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