The Granfalloon parties forward.

 A few years ago, I think this past February, I received an email from a strange woman.  She had just moved with her husband and kids from Las Vegas, into the winter of Michigan, and was asking advice about cycling in the area.    Curiously she claimed to have a garage full of Rivendell's, said she had never ridden more than 17 miles at a time and wasn't sure how well she could ride.  Sounded simple, I put her in touch with a woman from our Kalamazoo Bicycle Club and figured she'd find a way to fit in, somewhere.

This seemingly innocent suburban housewife (Leah Peterson) was secretly plotting to become the High Priestess of an an infamous Rivendellian Granfalloon.  

Once again she gathered our Fellowship of beautiful bikes, this time for a review of the fall colors north of Grand Rapids, Mi.  It was a cold and blustery morning, but 7 of us came to enjoy the day together just to ride our bikes.

The trail was overwhelmed

 with the colors of fall.

Theride was brisk but in the Midwest we know to dress

 for winter in the morning, summer in the afternoon

and some had the foresight to wear the appropriate Rivendell uniforms..  Towards the end of the ride we had an excellent lunch at Third Nature Brewery outside of Rockford.

The High Priestess commemorated the event in a video.

It was a wonderful few hours for the Fellowship 

but it had to end so we can plan our next adventure.  

Perhaps in spring.