The Strays
will gather this Saturday, August 15, for our fourth 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 about 25 miles, as we have the
past three years. The ride will go out on the Branford Trail to 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 (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.
- Sunscreen
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 past years, see
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cell911/sets/72157606647154731/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cell911/sets/72157601376411330/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cell911/sets/72157594243535575/
All the usual Strays group protocols apply to this ride.
Happy
trails.
--Craig