The Strays will try something almost completely different this Saturday, August 19, with a ride, picnic, and tube 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. The ride will go out on the Branford Trail at least as far as Branford and return mostly on back roads.

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.

Please R.S.V.P. for this adventure. The pudding is chilling.

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.
  

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

For cool tubing pics from last year, see
http://www.craigdidit.com/photos/album/ichetucknee-springs-tubing-july-30-2005/
and
http://www.craigdidit.com/photos/album/ichetucknee-springs-tubing-july-23-2005/

All the usual Strays group protocols apply to this ride.

Happy trails.

--Craig