Gelato Vespastics

Rick picked the Hangman Creek route, which basically tracks up the South Hill to Hatch Road, down to Hangman, across the prairie to the Palouse Highway – but instead of returning back on that busy/fast stretch of south Spokane, the group crossed to Willow Springs, which turns back very near Regal on Windmill Drive. From there, Regal made for a nice route back to 57th Avenue, where Colin’s chosen finish line, Ferrantes, awaited.

Gelato and lager beer: No one was in the mood for Ferrante’s specialty pizzas, but three in the group tried their second claim to fame, Italian gelato – including Rick, who seemingly HAD to have a end-of-ride beer. In truth, some beers go quite well with ice cream (ever had a stout float?) but Rick’s combo of Italian vanilla and Belgian-style lager was more comic than cusine.

The ride was short, so there was plenty of time to talk about:

• No word on Alicia’s baby, though it seems the arrival date was about now. Any news out there?
• Mark mentioned that Kayla from Camp Motorsports seems to have left her job. Sorry to see her gone; we’ll have to check up on her replacement.
• Mort is leaving on a two-week western-states trip to visit family.
• Mark’s considering driving a truck – and maybe a trailer, too – to the Tri-Cities for the Bacchus rally .
• Rick promised to post the Minions gear webpage on the site, in case anyone wanted to represent in Richland. (Plans for members-only goodies are in the works...)
• Saturday rides until winter’s arrival seemed to find general approval, including an October 7th trip to Coeur d’Alene, perhaps with a meet-up with a few of the 2% clubbies.