Bolivar

Today was a relatively easy ride - 38 miles on US-64. What should have been an uneventful ride had some adventure because one of the riders has a hard time paying attention and listening. Every morning, we have a route meeting, where we go over the day's route, point on any potential issues as well as showers and internet access. One rider never listens and always asks a bunch of questions...questions that were already answered in the route meeting - which is really annoying. Today, while riding, we were following the sign for US-64 West. Since she didn't know what was going on (and evidently can't read a street sign), she slowed down to ask a construction worker, which led to a chain reaction with the rear rider in the pace line falling. Luckily she was ok, but the rider that caused it decided not to bother wait to see if she was ok and continued on the ride. Later, she was saying how she would rather ride alone since people don't know how to ride. I think its a good idea, for everyone else.

For showers, we got to shower at the Bolivar Fire Department, and then play on the fire truck - see below...