On the last Friday in August we headed for Wichita Falls and the H3 bicycle rally, we got in early and almost did not get a place to park the RV. It was another record attendance year with cooler than normal temperatures predicted, we were also glad the Tandem and recumbents got to start in front of the main rally.
In the picture above we are lined up in the first row of the tandem/bent group, starting shortly after the race starts. The group just in front of us each paid $150 each to ride with support like a tour de France ride, team cars, domestiques to get you food and drink from the support vehicles and if you start to drop off they would even push you back up to the group with a hand on your back and a lot of effort.
We had a great ride and a very fast start with a 24.3 mph average at mile 30, but it was not to last. we went to hard early and paid the price. We finished slower than we had wanted but had 2 flats and Michele had a little overheating we had to stop for so we took it easy after that and had a fun ride.
Michele recovered quick and we were able to visit the Wichita Falls Vineyard and Winery for a tasting and to replenish the Wichita Red supply. We stayed camped through Sunday afternoon and watched all the races and runs and the little RV worked perfectly.
Michele recovered quick and we were able to visit the Wichita Falls Vineyard and Winery for a tasting and to replenish the Wichita Red supply. We stayed camped through Sunday afternoon and watched all the races and runs and the little RV worked perfectly.We had nice bicycle rides on Saturday, 65 miles, Sunday 25 miles and were going sailing Labor Day Afternoon but 30 mph winds put an end to that, we could sail in that kind of wind and have done so, but it is not fun and is very hard on the rig and sails.
We have seen but never visited the Arbor Hill Nature Preserve, so we spent Labor Day Morning hiking the trails with Sprocket. This is a nice little 200 acre escape in the middle of the Metroplex.
On this holiday morning we had a lot of company, but most of them walked and ran on the paved trails and the perimeter dirt trails were shady, quiet and not at all crowded, we are still hiking every chance we get in preparation for our trip to the Grand Canyon.
We are getting some much needed rain Today and for the next several days it is forecast to continue, not yet sure what the weekend will bring, another RV trip, dinner with the starving cyclist face book group, a hike in the LBJ National Grassland about 65 miles away, or nothing at all.
