I noticed a group was putting together an early morning group ride on the 4th, so Kevin and I decorated our bikes and cycled over to the start to join in.  The ride was going to be about a 6 mile out and back, but so many people showed up that they added the option to keep going making it 10 miles.  Despite the extreme heat I think everyone opted to do 10 miles.  Kevin and I cycled from home which added about another 7ish miles to the trip.  We ended up being the only ones having flags on our bikes which sort of surprised me, but I didn’t care – I was just happy to see so many people out for a ride!

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