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As usual the End of the Season Party started with a ride. With the sun shining on the snow left from the Friday night, Jim Peterson rode over from Menomonie to meet Tom, Linda, Scott, Joel, Wally, Dave, Paul, Scott K, Bruce, Bob and me for a nice October ride. We took Lowes Creek down to HH and then turned into the light south-west breeze. The plan was to work our way west and shorten Jim's ride home. At B, Bruce and I headed back to Eau Claire, while the rest of the group continued on to Rock Falls and then through Caryville, taking H up to C. Jim headed west and the rest of the group enjoyed a nice tail wind back.
At 6pm everyone and then some regrouped at Northwoods Brew Pub for some quesadillas, pizza and refreshments. We rarely get together without our bikes, so it was a nice chance to talk and catch up on non-biking related topics. After everyone had their fill, it was time to give away the door prizes and award the bike. A big thanks to Bike and Sport, FitELITE, Ironman Wisconsin (Mark Mastalir) and Bircher Chiropractic for donating great prizes. 22 members were qualified for the grand prize, a Giant Trance X2 Mountain donated by West Wisconsin Land Trust and Bike and Sport, but Linda Slowiak defied the odds once again to win for the second time in 3 years. Some would say if you are lucky enough to win a bike, you are lucky enough. Congratulations, Linda!
As the pizza was getting cold Matt and I shared some physics humor with those who had stuck around, bringing an end to the evening and the season. Though, from the looks of forecast there is still plenty of biking to be had before the snow gets too deep.
