On Saturday, Tina and I and another couple rode the MS 150 ride from Cherry Hill, New Jersey to Ocean City. Our ride was 1 day, 77.4 miles. You can ride both ways, but since this was our first ride, we thought we would take it easy. It turns out that the ride wasn't that bad. New Jersey is relatively flat so there weren't any killer hills to contend with. The only real challenge were the two bridges that you need to go over right at the end. Since there were over 7,000 riders, there was never a point where you weren't riding with a cluster of riders. Since it was a "ride" and not a "race", the pace and group were pretty relaxed. Along the way there were several rest stops where you could rehydrate and get something to eat. They also had DJs. It was a pretty festive atmosphere. The weather held out for the most part. Forecasts earlier predicted rain all day. We started out dry and ended dry. It rained for about 20 minutes which was pretty refreshing. After riding 73 miles, the killer hills were at the end. It was a lot of fun in addition to it being a fundraiser for a good cause. We already signed up for next year. Who wants to join us?
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Two new updates! Fun to catch up, as usual. Congrats on the bike ride! I would love to join you...maybe next year...we'll see where we end up. The water feature looks great- it will probably be all frozen by the time we get out to see it in December so thanks for sharing a visual of it in action. Kids- adorable as always. :)
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