WI II's Bike Blessing

April 4, 2009

Our Road Captain John arranged for us to meet at Marty's Diamond Restaurant in Waterford for breakfast before our ride to St. Mark's Church in Jefferson for the WI II bike blessing.  It was in the mid 30's when we all arrived at the restaurant. John, Ken, Mark and Ron enjoyed a leisurely breakfast and good company.

There was quite a bit of sun as we prepared to leave and it had warmed to the lower 40's. John led us through Mukwonago and Palmyra on our way to Jefferson. We all had heated gear on except for Mark but he said only his finger tips got a bit cold on the ride. We met up with Bruce, Chad, Wayne and other friends when we arrived at the church. We warmed up with some coffee and donuts and shot the breeze for a while. Then at 11:00 a.m., Pastor Comstock took us out to the street where he conducted a nice blessing service.

Following the blessing, most of the group headed to Whitewater for lunch but we were still full from breakfast so we headed back to Racine County. Ron led for a ways until he again picked a dead end parking lot to drive into despite having a GPS. At least we didn't have 20 bikes behind us! It was a nice time and it felt good to be out on the bike again.

Mounting up after breakfast in Waterford

Arriving at St. Mark's in Jefferson

WI II bikes parked in front of the church

A nice little turn out for the event

Ron watching others arrive

Ron, Mark and John before going into the church

Kan talking with folks while waiting for the blessing to start.