Longest Day Ride 2011

It wasn't long after last year's effort that I decided I would do it all again this year.  The Longest Day Ride is an annual 'event' that was invented by Tama Easton as a damn good excuse to take a day off work to ride bikes from sunrise to sunset and an excellent way to raise money for Arthritis New Zealand so they can help and support people like Tama who suffer with arthritis.  This year the team raised over $4000.

Doggone good.

I rode my bike again. At Vegas. Again.  This time around it was a mid-week flying visit whilst the kids were in preschool.  Luckily for me I had a new set of internals in my geared hub so I would have the luxury of gears to help me along.  But really, the most special thing was that Megan was coming along with her dog Bodhi.

I'd never ridden trails with a dog before and I have to say that I wish I could do it every time, all the time.  It is, to put it simply, so doggone good!