Yesterday Vanessa and I went to Lufkin, TX to ride in the Pineywoods Purgatory. It is a nice challenging ride through the hills of East Texas. They have a 102, 72, 52, and 25 mile routes. We headed up to Lufkin Friday night and stayed in a hotel.
Saturday morning, we woke up at 5:45, and got ready. Took the bike out to the truck and got breakfast at the hotel. We arrived at the start just before 7:00am. The ride started at 8:00.
There were probably about 200 riders. We met Gary, JC, and Jordan at the start. They were all riding the 25 mile route. Vanessa started with them, and rode the whole way with JC. I did the 52 mile route. We got about 20 miles into the ride and it started raining on us. Not hard, more like a small sprinkle. At the 25 mile mark I met up with Zeke and Diana from NWCC. I rode with them the rest of the way back. After the Rest stop It started raining pretty hard, and kept raining until our route met back up with the 25 mile route.
After the ride the lions club has fajitas and massages available to all ride participants.
This ride is fun and we keep going back. Looking forward to next year. Maybe I will do the Century.
