{"id":2024,"date":"2021-11-30T19:58:58","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T01:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/?p=2024"},"modified":"2022-01-31T13:12:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T19:12:08","slug":"2022-riding-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/?p=2024","title":{"rendered":"2022 Riding Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The emails announcing upcoming events are starting to roll in, so I suppose it&#8217;s time to begin planning for the 2022 events.<\/p>\n<p>I need to get the planning going for the 2022 edition of the Bourbon and Tobacco Tour.\u00a0 I&#8217;m thinking this one will be up here in Indiana and I&#8217;ve selected a route.\u00a0 It&#8217;s not an easy one but it&#8217;s not a leg-killer either.\u00a0 Plan on saying hello to Bean Blossom and Nashville along the route.<\/p>\n<p>The first event on the calendar is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ymcacva.org\/storming-thunder-ridge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Storming of Thunder Ridge<\/a>, in and around Lynchburg, Virginia on May 22nd.\u00a0 A very well organized ride, and the climb up to the ridge is not an easy one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Registered<\/strong> for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unboundgravel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unbound Gravel<\/a> 100 mile ride in Emporia, Kansas in early June.\u00a0 There is a drawing for the start positions from the folks that register, the drawing is at the end of January.\u00a0 Might get to ride, might not.\u00a0 Only one way to find out.\u00a0 <strong>UPDATE 1\/26:<\/strong>\u00a0 I was lucky enough to be selected in the lottery!\u00a0 So I need to get the Focus Mares build finished, and get the miles in so that I&#8217;m ready for the ride.\u00a0 Found an airbnb up towards Topeka so lodging is handled.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2106\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Selection_1123.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Selection_1123.png 470w, https:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Selection_1123-259x300.png 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Also planning on a repeat of the\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebigdambridge100.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big Dam Bridge Century<\/a> in Little Rock, Arkansas, at the end of September.\u00a0 Another well organized ride and a lot of fun.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hillyhundred.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hilly Hundred<\/a> in Ellettsville, Indiana is on the calendar for early October.\u00a0 Live bands at the rest stops and just a good time on the bike.\u00a0 And whether you like it or not, Mt Tabor awaits.<\/p>\n<p>Other rides will undoubtedly be added to the plans as they come up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The emails announcing upcoming events are starting to roll in, so I suppose it&#8217;s time to begin planning for the 2022 events. I need to get the planning going for the 2022 edition of the Bourbon and Tobacco Tour.\u00a0 I&#8217;m thinking this one will be up here in Indiana and I&#8217;ve selected a route.\u00a0 It&#8217;s &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/?p=2024\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2022 Riding Events&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling","category-group-rides-bicycling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2024"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2108,"href":"https:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024\/revisions\/2108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dalemorin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}