[RBW] Re: Ride Report: Project Mercury Astronaut Bridge Tour

2021-05-06 Thread Mike Godwin
Hi Gary. I wish my mom were still alive, I could ask her if we stayed in the same hotel waiting for base housing. Is the hotel still standing? Dang worth a trip for all the sights and rides. Mike SLO CA On Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 5:47:40 PM UTC-7 Kushan wrote: > Really cool ride with bike

[RBW] Re: Ride Report: Project Mercury Astronaut Bridge Tour

2021-05-06 Thread Kushan
Really cool ride with bike to match... On Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 8:46:51 AM UTC-7 Robb wrote: > Yesterday was the League of American Bicyclists (LAB)'s National Ride A > Bike Day, so I previewed the Project Mercury Astronaut Bridge Ride, which I > lead annually on the Sunday closest to the

[RBW] Re: Ride Report: Project Mercury Astronaut Bridge Tour

2021-05-06 Thread 'Gary L' via RBW Owners Bunch
I gotta do that ride too. Mike, I lived in Cocoa Beach back then and my dad ran the Starlite Motel where the Mercury astronauts stayed. He got to be good friends with them and they would come to the house showing off their new corvettes. It was amazing for a little kid like me. On Thursday,

[RBW] Re: Ride Report: Project Mercury Astronaut Bridge Tour

2021-05-06 Thread Mike Godwin
I gotta do that ride. My dad was accepted into the astronaut program in 1957. I spent the first 3 years of life at Cape Canaveral and lived at air force bases with really fast aircraft. So cool. Not bike related, but check out this out with astronauts getting Corvettes Why America's first