At Last, the Return of Longer Days & Saturday UPDATE 2

12/21/2011

With yesterday's silliness behind us, let's move on to more important things. Yep, today is the shortest day of sunlight, followed by a couple of days of no light gain but then.....yes....the daylight begins lengthening while the looooong nights of darkness begin to shorten. This is not the end, it is not the beginning of the end but it is the end of the beginning of cold, cloudy Ohio winter. Next significant weather day is January 28th when the average day time high begins increasing. Until then, well, I'll muddle through as best I can with rides when able, trail running, hiking and if I must, cross country skiing. Now, Saturday's forecast looks good with a Friday overnight low of 30 and a Saturday high of 42 with sun. Steve Oxley, proposes we ride out of Lockville at 10:00am on Saturday. Lockville is a couple of miles southeast of Canal Winchester. We go through it all the time and has the water mill with a parking lot where we will meet. Probably won't have maps but some of us will hang back and keep folks together.
UPDATE2: Steve O has provided good directions on how to get to the park in Lockville and has said the route will be 35-50 miles. Note John Marten has proposed a ride out of Granville at the River Road Coffee House on......River Road but waiting on additional details.

11 Comments

Caboose

12/21/2011 01:29:22 am

I'll be riding if it does reach 40..still need that 10 miles for the year! Also don't know if you heard, but there is a trip planned on Jan. 14th (leaving Jan 12th evening and returning Jan. 15th) to South Carolina for a 210 km ride. See Ric Noland for details (plans are still in the works). Oh bike update - probably won't have a new bike til end of January. There is a problem with the forks on the new Avails...sigh

Mark

12/21/2011 02:32:55 am

Hmmm. something going on with the format of the comments section. Steve O called and wants to ride Saturday at 10:00am from Lockville.

A Change

12/21/2011 04:48:20 am

I haven't liked things as well since you made the last color/format/style change to the website.

I suggest you try a different style, a new set of colors, a new...

Oh just change the colors back or to something different. You could vote on it. Better yet. You could put up something new each couple days between now and the new year and the one with the most votes should be the one you stick with.

Change

Caboose

12/22/2011 12:54:17 am

Yep definitely need to change your text color. It shows up to readers as grey text on a black background. Go with yellow or white text if you are going to go with a black background. I have to highlight it to be able to actually read it. Your readers will stop visiting your site if they can't read the text...

Jeff

12/22/2011 01:11:12 am

I'm off Friday if someone wants to ride.

12/22/2011 02:00:12 am

Cindy asked for directions, so I thought I'd post for others that aren't sure. I think it's called Lockville park. If you go south on Pickerington road from Rte 33 (there is a light there) it is a little over a mile down on the west side of the road. The 1st entrance sometimes has a gate closed but the second entrance doesn't have a gate. I'm thinking 35-50 miles depending on where people want to go.

Caboose

12/22/2011 04:48:58 am

Is Lockville Park on Lockville road or on Pickerington road? Sorry, don't do well with directions, ie is it on the right or left side of the road? I brought it up on Google maps but it shows the park is in a field.

12/22/2011 07:44:45 am

Amanda-it is on the right side of Pickerington Rd. You'll pass Lockville Rd. on the left, then Broad St. NW on the left and the 1st park entrance on the right (recently that gate has been closed and you have to continue about 1/10 of a mile and there is a second entance on the right). Hope that makes sense. The park is not in the middle of a field where google maps would have you believe :)

Caboose

12/22/2011 09:54:49 pm

Thanks Oxley! I think I know where that is. yeah Google is a bit off!

Mitch

12/23/2011 03:20:30 am

Are there facilities at Lockville Park, so ol' Mitch can chuff a pre-ride dooker?

Santa Clause

12/23/2011 11:40:47 am

Mitch,
Maybe pinch off a Christmas Yule log?

At Last, the Return of Longer Days & Saturday UPDATE 2

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