62 mile race for fun

Well how about a great time with a bunch of guys and gals who all ride for a great cause. That's what happened last Sunday with 300 of my closest friends.  Just kidding about the close friends but not about the cause. And what is said cause? How about sidewalks and bike lanes for the public to get around the city? I know I'm stoked and so are many of the towns people of my fair hamlet.
I will spare you the gory details about my first 62 mile ride @ the 25 plus mph,  a race that wasn't 'spose to be a race but many of these guys and gals would have eaten their own to beat-up on the regular crowd of riding partners.
Naples pathways is an organization that's focus is to have pathways built to connect all the parks and all the city networked  by bike lanes. Not a small feat but also not a huge goal for a city of the 21st century right? But here in this part of the world where the elected county commissioners where elected in the 90's and never got their heads out of the car culture and don't want to either.  But to be honest the future is a tough place to wrap your head around when the world is changing moment to moment. Now is the time to ban together and think for each others benefit. Going green doesn't mean giving up cars it just means thinking how to better use what we have and using sidewalks and bike lanes should be an automatic since it's 2010.
Bottom line was a great ride for a great cause.  If I pass you on the road stop at Peets, because your buying.
PS I saw a Mick Ultra beer commercial starring LA! WOW he is becoming a legend of the screen and on the road...what's up with that? Next he will be seen in Terminator movies with Arnie or Batman movies with Christian. Maybe that's what  he said in '06 after the Tour, I'll be back.