Well, depending on work load, I just might take up Jim's offer. It is an easy Amtrak ride from Chicago to Minneapolis. That is beautiful country.
As for restaurant - I know there are some good choices in small town Midwest. There is just no comparing what you can find in Northern Cali. I did some riding in Sonoma a few years back. I would have to dig up my file to confirm the towns, but recall at least three different nights in podunk looking places that nevertheless had amazing little restaurants every bit as good or better than in Chicago hot spots. As for coffee, almost like travelling in Brasil - wherever I stopped, it was good. Get too far outside of the Midwest urban centers and coffee drinkers are pretty much divided among the let's go to Starbucks and the why would anyone pay more than a quarter for coffe crowd. The concept of independent roasters making quality joe has barely reached our hinterlands. On Apr 2, 9:38 am, Shaun Meehan <meehan.sh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 7:35 AM, Bruce <fullylug...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Jim: > > > Very nice bar tape and like the matching fenders in this panda shot: > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/twowheelflight/4483478454/in/set-7215762... > > > The rider on the black Trek looks a touch stretched out. You need to get him > > on a Riv... > > The guy on the black Trek (Rob) did remark that his arms and shoulders > were tired at one point. But that guy was a machine! He was the first > to the top of about every climb, and he was on a 3 spd. Several of > those climbs had me in my small chainring and I have a triple. I > couldn't believe that guy! > > Shaun Meehan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.