Yesterday was a fabulous day, as it started to warm up again with temps in the low 70sF. Lots of people playing pickleball again in the morning. I opted out today and instead took a few more pictures. Many of those pictures have been posted to my Tanglewood gallery on Smugmug already, so please check them out. I also took a little sample HD video with my Canon 5D2 which you should see below. Certainly not academy award material but it gives a good idea of my camera's video capability. I'm happy with it.
Many of us joined in a bike ride around lake Jackson as part of a cancer fundraiser for Tanglewood. We left around 11 am. Most of the group followed the sidewalk around the lake counter clockwise, a distance of about 12 miles. I decided to try and hang with Leonard Wright as we toured the lake on the roadway going clockwise. Now Leonard is 63 years old. He rides a nice Trek 5200 road bike and had already done 32 miles with the Highland Peddlers before we even left Tanglewood. He sprinted off the front of the group and I stayed with him. We chatted all the way around the lake passing the rest of the group twice. We did 2.25 loops of the lake to the main group's one loop. We turned around and joined the group once we had passed them 3 times. I had a blast. We averaged 20 mph for the ride. Leonard claims I pushed him the while way but I think he was just being polite. I was happy with my performance given my lack of distance riding since last summer. There was a fabulous lunch waiting for us on the pool deck upon our return. Most importantly, we raised $1400!
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