Due to local rain showers the start time was pushed back one hour.

We left the Charles City County Offices parking lot at 3:30 pm and headed east going at a nice pace getting our legs used to pedaling a bike again, which we soon learned we were pretty out of shape having our bikes in the garage all winter long!

We biked 5 miles before stopping at the old Westover church, est. 1619, which was ¼ mile from the main road, set back from the main road behind rolling hills of green wheat.  We headed on west and got to our turn-around spot very quick and decided to forge further west another 2-1/2 miles until we hit the 10 mile mark and then headed home letting the thoughts of a good hearty meal at the local grill café pulls us back at a faster pace.

At mile 6 one of our riders had a rather dicey spill and was a bit shaken up, but picked himself up to walk it off and I headed back to get a vehicle just in case he needed a ride back.  When I drove back he had ridden almost 5 miles and was within a mile of the parking lot.

We drove back to the parking lot and had a great meal as a reward.  We even shared a piece of 4-layer, lemon coconut cake which was incredibly moist.  Next time, no sharing cake!