Thursday started off well… and then things went a little downhill. We met up with the group for their usual 8:30 AM ride, and managed to hang on to them for the first couple of miles. Then we decided we were too warm with our coats on, and slowed down while trying to get them off.
By the time we had doffed the excess warmth and Valerie was able to stuff both of our coats into the pannier, the group was already down the hill and up the other side. When we crested that same hill, the group was out of sight. Throw in the fact that I don’t know the way their course runs, along with going through a round-about and having to guess which direction to go… well, game over… I lost.
We were on our own for the morning ride, and looped around a large circuit that I knew was part of their route in the hope we might intersect them somewhere along the way. Nope… didn’t happen. So we rode until about the time that they would usually arrive at the end point of their ride by Panera Bread and met them just as they were pulling up. It seems that nobody realized we dropped off the back as fast as we did, and by the time they realized we were gone they could see us any easier than we could see them. No biggie… we still had a decent ride albeit alone.
After the coffee and snack break we followed one of the riders over to their new home and got to take the tour… wow. Other than there being six or seven tandems occupying an immaculate four car garage, there was the small matter of their large house. Again… wow, but this time with more feeling!
As with many homes here, there is a large screened patio off the back of the house, or as some of the folks seem to call it here – the birdcage. I realized that I was out of my element when I walked into “the birdcage” and came to the conclusion that it was as big as our whole house! Add another “wow” with a slightly deflated tone to it… maybe mixed with a slight sigh.
We later met the group for a late Mexican lunch (or early dinner…) and when we were done enjoying their company, got to go and witness another ultra-impressive home. This one was essentially the same floor plan as the one we marveled at earlier, but there were different tweaks and design options that just blew us away.
Kids… when your parents tell you to study hard, there’s a reason! We saw a couple of them today. Wow.
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