SPECIAL HAPPENINGS

Just a short note from the Sunshine State to give you highlights of 2006.
Jan – Purchased a kayak for water sports enjoyment.
Feb – Took an Amtrak trip (VA and CT) to visit both sets of grandchildren.
Mar – Went to Disneyland.
Apr – Patty, Ed's daughter, and family visited.
May – Sandy, Nancy's friend visited.
June 25th – We got married.
July 1st – Reception at sister Kitty's.
July 2-6 – Outer Naks Honeymoon.
July 24-27. Patty and family visited for Ed's birthday.
Aug – Went to Sanibel Island and Cedar Key.
Sep – Flew to CT for Jessica's and Lauren's birthday.
Oct – Drove to Phila/NJ for Burt's surprise birthday.
Nov – After a very active year, we decided to spend Thanksgiving at home.
Over the year we have bicycled 1,000 miles, walked 2,000 miles and kayaked 10.
We hope this card finds everyone happy and healthy.  We look forward to hearing from you ad yours.

Ed and Nancy Sampley

468 Lakeview Dr, #21
Palm Harbor, FL 34683
Phone: 727-771-0819
Cell: 352-650-0551

Cindy07 Training Ride Series got off to a great start on Saturday January 13 with an orientation at the Bicycle Garage in Fremont.   Bonnie Kellogg represented the Coordination Committee in outlining the goals of the ten week series that starts with a ten mile ride on 1/20 and  culminates one week before the Valley Spokesmen’s Cinderella Classic on March 31st.   (Please note: you MUST pre-registered to participate in these weekly rides.)

Joyce Tanaka presented some excellent nutritional tips, summarized in a 2 page PDF flyer on the Cindy007 website.  Following the “food & water” stuff, Kathi Goodman modeled as Joyce gave us some guidelines for dressing for all sorts of weather conditions.

We had the Bicycle Rodeo, this year assisted by CyclePath Bicycle Shop  with stores in Hayward and Pleasanton.

A summary of the morning’s events would not be complete without acknowledging the following vendors for their support and contributions:

• The Bicycle Garage (a warm spot to meet, clean bathrooms and good service)
• Harbor Light Church for generous permission to use their parking lot for weekly parking and for our Rodeo.
• Noah’s Bagels (mmmmm delicious) for the breakfast we all enjoyed
• Starbucks Coffee (slurp, slurp)
• The makers of Luna Bars for the 700 bars we will have on the road during the next 10 weeks
• CyclePath for setting up bike checks at the Rodeo
• ALL THE MEMBERS OF FFBC WHO WERE OUT THERE THIS MORNING IN THE COLD HELPING RIDERS FIT AND TEST THEIR BICYCLES!!!

2007 Tour of California on Piedmont south of Calavaras Road in Milpitas.  From this location you can see riders descend Calavaras Road from a distance, and then watch them pass by twice.  Photo by W. Kageyama

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