On Sun, 2010-10-24 at 21:49 -0400, Roger Pierce wrote:
> Thanks to a whole lot of FANTASTIC volunteers, we had one of the most
> successful Gainesville Cycling Festivals ever this weekend.  We won’t
> have final number for a few days, but we are fairly certain that the
> turnout Saturday for the Nationwide Santa Fe Century set a record, and
> the 30th Annual Horse Farm Hundred was among the best attended ever;
> we’ll see about the record when the paperwork is done.

VERY well done ride.  And kudos to whoever it was that arranged for it
NOT to pour down rain fifteen miles in! :)

> Barb Wills and her crew at the Hague rest stop on the Santa Fe Century
> introduced our first “themed” rest stop.  I knew something was
> different when I spotted the flock of yard flamingos alongside the
> road;

DANG I shoulda snapped a shot of the flamingos.  And let's not forget
the benefactor who supplied those hideously good frosted bits of peanut
butter fudge at Hague!

I did take a few shots, which are viewable here:

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?396990-Did-You-Ride-Today&p=11668825&viewfull=1#post11668825

Anyone interested can download full-resolution copies from:

http://www.afn.org/~scotsman/photos/2010/2010.10.23.santa.fe.ride

(It'll be Monday before they're all uploaded)

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