{"id":208122,"date":"2023-05-07T19:07:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T23:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mafw.org\/spring-picnic-on-may-13th-at-colonial-park-and-a-couple-of-additional-items\/"},"modified":"2024-01-21T19:02:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T00:02:18","slug":"spring-picnic-on-may-13th-at-colonial-park-and-a-couple-of-additional-items","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mafw.org\/staging\/spring-picnic-on-may-13th-at-colonial-park-and-a-couple-of-additional-items\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Picnic on May 13th at Colonial Park and a Couple of Additional Items"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What a beautiful weekend and I was glad to see that we had multiple rides on the docket for members of all abilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Picnic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The picnic will be on Saturday May 13th, at Colonial Park.&nbsp; For those that have not ridden out of the park it&#8217;s a beautiful location and the rides are fantastic as well.&nbsp; The picnic is free (and you can bring a guest), but please sign up so we know how many people to expect. The tradition continues, the club will provide fried chicken, but everyone is expected to bring a dish based on their last name to supplement the chicken. People whose last name starts with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>A-F<\/td><td>Please bring a Main Dish<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>G-O<\/td><td>Please bring an Salad<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>P-Z<\/td><td>Please bring a&nbsp;Appetizer<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manny and his fellow ride leaders put together a full ride schedule for the day of the picnic, with rides at all paces between Casual and B+.&nbsp; FYI the B+ ride still needs a leader.&nbsp; There should be a ride for anyone who is interested and remember to sign up for the ride you plan to do in addition to signing up for the picnic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Girls in Gear<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gabrielle Rossi has invited us to observe one or both of their Girls on Gear clinics on May 14th (10AM) for their 8-week program or June 4th (12PM) for the learn to ride clinic.&nbsp; This is a great opportunity to demonstrate the social impact of our club and if we can potentially get a couple of the biker chicks in their gear to attend one of the two sessions as well would be awesome.&nbsp; Both sessions are at Lewis Morris Park in the Sunrise Lake Parking Lot.&nbsp; If you do not make one or both sessions, they will most likely have a table at the Ramble starting point so please stop by and introduce yourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Casual Rides<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wanted to give a shout out to Gloria Friedman.&nbsp; Gloria reached out and wanted to reinstitute a casual ride for new riders and others that may not be ready to entertain a higher-level ride at this point in time.&nbsp; &nbsp; Mary had 10 riders participate last week.&nbsp; If you are around on a Wednesday morning &#8211; please take some time to join Mary and her team for a short ride out of Loantaka.&nbsp; Remember new riders are the life blood of a healthy bike club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Wed<\/td><td>10:00am<\/td><td><a class=\"pace-terrain pum-trigger\" href=\"https:\/\/mafw.org\/staging\/ride-schedule\/?daterange=default&amp;logged_in=1#\">CA<\/a>\/<a class=\"pace-terrain pum-trigger\" href=\"https:\/\/mafw.org\/staging\/ride-schedule\/?daterange=default&amp;logged_in=1#\">C<\/a>\/28\/704<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/mafw.org\/staging\/start_point\/loantaka-south-st-morris-twp\/\">Loantaka-South St., Morris Twp.<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/mafw.org\/staging\/members\/gloriafriedman\/profile\/\">Gloria Friedman<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/mafw.org\/staging\/ride\/207960\">778 &#8211; Great Swamp Classic(18)<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/mafw.org\/staging\/downloadCue.php?cuenum=1188&amp;tournum=778\">CUE<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ridewithgps.com\/routes\/3693925?privacy_code=e319oUH5dX4IFmzb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MAP<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ridewithgps.com\/routes\/3693925.gpx?privacy_code=e319oUH5dX4IFmzb&amp;sub_format=track&amp;poi_as_wpt=true\">GPX<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ridewithgps.com\/routes\/3693925.tcx?privacy_code=e319oUH5dX4IFmzb\">TCX<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"7\">\n<ul class=\"dtr-details\" data-dtr-index=\"9\">\n<li data-dtr-index=\"7\" data-dt-row=\"9\" data-dt-column=\"7\">Average Climb (ft\/mile)&nbsp;25<\/li>\n<li data-dtr-index=\"8\" data-dt-row=\"9\" data-dt-column=\"8\">Leader Comments\n<ul>\n<li>This is a regular weekly ride.&nbsp; This week we will be riding 15 miles.&nbsp; Last week we had 10 riders which is very exciting.&nbsp; Hope some new people come too.&nbsp; Please call me if you have any signing problems.&nbsp; You can come to 1 ride without joining the club.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-dtr-index=\"9\" data-dt-row=\"9\" data-dt-column=\"9\">Tour DescriptionA minimum hills ride in the Great Swamp area with two loops off of White Bridge Road. *No food stop since Meyersville Cafe closed*.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ride Leader and Volunteer Pizza Party &#8211; May 18th<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Calling all Ride Leaders and Volunteers &#8211; I noticed that sign up page on our website looked a little light.&nbsp; Please take the time to sign up and we look forward to celebrating your efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last but not least to all the mothers out there.&nbsp; Please have a great Mother&#8217;s Day and may it be everything you hoped for and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See you soon on a Ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joseph Reo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MAFW President<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a beautiful weekend and I was glad to see that we had multiple rides on the docket for members of all abilities. 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