[DVBC] Columbus Day Ride Report

[Dave Hartrum]

Always and adventure and a good report Deb. Thanks for the  
chuckles !!!  :-)


Dave Hartrum
dhartrum at mac.com



On Oct 8, 2007, at 6:37 PM, dreamer wrote:

> Today four of us were treated to spectacular weather with a nice  
> breeze.  John Wilt, Steve Fischer, and Liza Tierney joined me.   
> After the festivities at the start, (you know the usual--a marching  
> band, camel rides, food and drinks and today a special guest  
> appearance by Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand), we took off from  
> Aston.  I led everyone out on a slightly varied backwards Dreamer's  
> Way to Northbrook ride.  Hills at the start but boy was it fun  
> rolling down those hills to get to Country Club Drive.  I did see a  
> house up for sale on on C.C. Drive that I told everyone the club  
> should buy me and they agreed.  We did ride to Northbrook but since  
> it was Monday it was closed.  That didn't stop us from using their  
> tables for a short break.  Then back out to Chadds Ford for a Wawa  
> stop and then the special way back to Aston with the easiest way  
> out of the Brandywine Valley that I've been able to find.  Columbus  
> used this route when he was in PA back in 1505.  In case you're  
> wondering why you never heard about that trip, here's the facts.   
> Columbus was drinking in Lisbon with a map maker in 1505.  The two  
> of them were sick of dealing with Isabella's demands  and decided  
> to go out to sea on their own.  They headed out and were caught in  
> a horrific hurricane which blew them way off course.  They landed  
> in the Delaware Bay and sailed up the Delaware where they met some  
> Lenni Lenape Indians.  The Lenni Lenape  took Columbus and the map  
> maker up the Brandywine in canoes to their homes.  Columbus decided  
> to go find W. Penn and set off on foot.  He took the way to Aston  
> that I took today.  However, he was so pissed that after doing all  
> those stinking hills that there wasn't any Wawas or other stores  
> that he hurried back to his ship and never talked about the trip  
> nor did he ever officially log it in  with the queen of Spain.  And  
> that's the story of how Columbus came to PA back  in 1505.
>
> Getting back to today's ride, it was fun.  We did see a lot of  
> roadkill out there and I saw about 5 deer that were pretty  
> nervous.  This made me wonder if Adam was riding out there  
> yesterday--you know how he hates animals (they eat his plants!).   
> One dead groundhog was very close to another on Foulk Rd and then I  
> realized it wasn't dead.  He took off in the direction of the  
> bushes which I'm grateful for.  I don't like tangling with  
> groundhogs teeth!
>
> That's my story and I'm sticking to it.  See ya on the roads.
> Dreamer
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