it's been a great weekend

Friday was the inaugural HuHot to Monk's ride. Kari and I rode down to meet the gang before gorging ourselves on meat, noodles, vegetables and sauce. We had a LONG wait (the place was packed) but got the corner table so it was a little private. We rolled ourselves out and to our bikes, where we proceeded to roll downtown (minus a couple) to Monk's. Kari couldn't get her wine (they had it wednesday, but don't serve it by the glass on Friday.. wtf?) and the bartender was still a jackass. I like Monk's, but that guy needs an attitude replacement. Finally we rode home (lights on the bike for safety) along the bike trail.

Saturday morning saw us wake, slightly behind schedule to meet up with the coffee and donut ride (we had a good excuse! we were up late). It was cold and windy, so we were bundled up (3 layers on top). We rode down to meet the rollers (9 total) and went to the east side for coffee and treats at Dunn Brothers coffee. I'd never been there before and was really impressed with everything.

after we got home and cleaned/warmed up we went shopping, picking up bread and other goodies at breadsmith, fruits and veggies at hy-vee, test rode a couple women's bikes at SnS, and chatted up Jeff K at Two Wheeler Dealer. Then it was home to pack food and off to Luverne to watch Indiana Jones and Ironman at the drive-in. Indy was "ok". I like that they didn't try to lather a bunch of makeup and hair-dye on Harrison Ford and pretend he was still young. Shia was cool. Otherwise it was eh... there were lots of things where Lucas wanted a cool visual, then just ignored physics to make it happen (waterfalls, magnetism, everything in a star wars space scene, etc)

Sunday we slept in (LATE!). I had a text from Curt asking if I wanted to ride. I summoned 2 more fabbies (Darren and Craig) and we met down at falls park for a lil ride around the bike trail. Darren's new bike ( a touring bike called Creme Puff) is totally sweet. By the time we got home we had to rush thru cleanup and I drove to pick up Alex and Taylor. Got back after Kari had showered/dressed/shaved legs and we went to my parent's house. My youngest sister has been living up in Minneapolis while she goes to school for hair. She wanted a special family meal which mom dutifully cooked (and we attended). Fun was had by all.