{"id":1424,"date":"2019-05-13T06:47:50","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T11:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/?p=1424"},"modified":"2019-05-16T19:59:35","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T00:59:35","slug":"rockin-river-city-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/?p=1424","title":{"rendered":"2019 Rockin River City Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

Went to Evansville, Indiana for the 2019 Rockin River City Ride<\/a> on Saturday, May 11th.\u00a0 It was a little cooler than in previous days, mostly cloudy, with temps in the 60s.\u00a0 A nice day to ride.\u00a0 Rain was forecast for later in the day, more on that later.<\/p>\n

The start point was Sunset Park, and packet pickup went smoothly and we were ready to go.\u00a0 The police escort through town was ready to go, and the National Anthem was played.\u00a0 We rolled out right at 8am and the escort through town was a very nice touch.<\/p>\n

My friend Rob and I started together, and I kept my pace a little subdued, as I have a bad habit of starting faster than I should and wind up paying a price for that later.\u00a0 Settled into a nice pace and it seemed like the first rest stop was upon us fairly quickly.\u00a0 Rob had already been through when I got there.\u00a0 Well-stocked and nice folks helping out.\u00a0 A great start.<\/p>\n

Then, it went a little pear-shaped.\u00a0 We (myself, John, and a young lady named Jocelyn) missed a turn to the west away from the river.\u00a0 So we continued along the river for 10 miles or so, until the road we were on turned into gravel.\u00a0 I was pretty sure that our route wouldn’t be on gravel, and I didn’t see any other tire marks indicating that others had gone through ahead of us.\u00a0 Checking google maps on our phones, we decided to backtrack and find: 1. another paved road to the west, or 2. the road we should have turned on.\u00a0 As it happened, the next paved road to the west was the one we should have taken.\u00a0 Apparently all 3 of us were\u00a0 rubbernecking and completely missed it.\u00a0 Oh, well, the weather was good, we were enjoying being outside and riding, so we just joined the route and rode on.\u00a0 This little exploration along the banks of the Ohio River added 20+ miles to our tally for the day.<\/p>\n

We came upon the second rest stop and had some ice cold water and gatorade, a couple of chocolate chip cookies, and continued.\u00a0 There were a couple of short but moderately steep hills and nice descents after that, and then we decided to freelance our way back to the start point.\u00a0 We weren’t that far away at this point, about 12 miles if memory serves.<\/p>\n

We got back to Sunset Park, where lunch was waiting, and as we rode past the start\/finish point I noticed that it had just started sprinkling.\u00a0 So in spite of our off-route adventure along the Ohio River the timing on the return worked out very well.\u00a0 John and Jocelyn were fun riding companions, and I invited them to come to Land Between the Lakes for the 2nd Annual Bourbon and Tobacco Tour<\/a> ride.\u00a0 I hope they decide to ride with us.<\/p>\n

I emailed the organizers with a suggestion that they should include RideWithGPS file links so that riders can download the route to their navigation devices.\u00a0 That would have helped us to stay on the route.\u00a0 Maybe this is a hint that I’ve become overly reliant on devices for navigation, but following a cue sheet obviously isn’t my strong suite.\u00a0 That small point aside, the ride was nicely done and I will plan to be there again next year.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 5\/13\/19:<\/strong> I heard back from the ride organizers (thank you for the prompt follow-up) and they are planning to add the gps files and links for next year’s edition.\u00a0 Should work out well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Went to Evansville, Indiana for the 2019 Rockin River City Ride on Saturday, May 11th.\u00a0 It was a little cooler than in previous days, mostly cloudy, with temps in the 60s.\u00a0 A nice day to ride.\u00a0 Rain was forecast for later in the day, more on that later. The start point was Sunset Park, and … <\/p>\n

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