Weekend wanderings.

Well, I didn't accomplish anything this weekend....  It's been a while since I've had a lazy relaxing weekend and I must say I really did enjoy it.  So with that in mind Saturday went something like this.

Got up....had coffee...made breakfast (Homemade buttermilk pancakes, bacon, eggs, and maple syrup).  Rolled out around 11 am for Patagonia (we have coupons!).

 

Found ourselves on the bike route down by Idlewild park and made our way to the bike path that leads out from Chissy Caughlin park.

The path just out of Chrissy Caughlin is really looking like it's been bombed out.  Lots of circular failures through the asphalt.  Anyone know what does this....some bomber plant punching through?....thin paving over large rocks???  Anyway, after winding our way through the paths and bike lanes on Mayberry (which are awesome), we ended up out at the Patagonia Outlet.

Sorry, stock photo...forgot to snap a new one.

Oh, and the parking lot didn't look anything like this.  Turns out Patagonia was having a Veteren's Day sale and every single parking spot was taken.  Good thing we were on bikes....we parked about 4 ft from the door!  It is however a little disappointing to see all the Patagoochie wearing locals drive out for the sale....only one other sole ventured out by bicycle.  Needless to say it was nuts inside, but we did find a few items (nano puff rules)!  

So after our shopping adventure, we headed for home.  It had been sunny on the ride out, but clouds and a steady breeze appeared to challenge our warmth and progress on the ride.  So we did what every intrepid cyclist does best.....detoured asap to the local pizza place (Eclipse Pizza in this case) to wait for sunny times to return while having a beer.  

Beer turned into beer, calzone, and wings.  Some of the best in Reno in my opinion.  If you haven't tried Eclipse you really should.  Anyway, with sunshine returning we waddled our way back to the bikes and headed up Mayberry on those lovely new bike lanes.  Right out of the Eclipse parking lot at the first intersection I just about fell over....not literally, but I believe I found the first embedded signal trigger in Reno!!!

Put your wheel here and you get to pretend you are actually traffic that maters!  Meaning that you don't have to do the shuffle of shame to push the pedestrian crossing button or wait for a car to trigger the light.  Ironically, you'll pretty much never be at this intersection without a car next to you....but it is a sign of progress, so I'm all for it!

The route home eventually lead us through the old southwest Reno neighborhood and we realized we were awful close to the Reno Homebrewer and hadn't made our regular donation of cash for beer and / or beer related products lately (ok, it's been two whole weeks). So yet another detour was embarked upon.

Upon our arrival, it was the usual mayhem.  Wine presses were out and juice was flowing.  Dogs ran rampant and grain dust was in the air.  Once we did the meet and greet with all the regular club members we found a spot at the picnic table and enjoyed a nice Grand Tetons Saison!  Ah, and for the record the bike count at the Reno Homebrewer was higher than Patagonia (four counting us)!

After finishing our beers and picking up some farm fresh eggs and barrel aged sour beer to go, we managed to actually finish the ride the rest of the way back home without additional shenanigans.  All in all a complete  waste of a good portion of the day, but it sure was fun!  Hope your weekend was half as worthless as mine!