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| Riverwest 24 sign up |
I have vivid childhood memories of heading down to Powderhorn park in Minneapolis each May 1st to see, and be a part of, the
May Day parade,
put on by Hear of the Beast. To me, May Day was one of my favorite
holidays. It was about celebrating life, being playful and welcoming
Spring. I'm not sure how many May Day baskets I made--full to the brim
with dandelions--but I'm quite positive each of my relatives received
one.
When I moved out of Minneapolis, ions ago, I
stopped celebrating May Day. The places I moved to didn't have large
gatherings--heck, I'm not sure many of my friends even knew what a May
pole was. It wasn't until last year when I began to celebrate this
wonderful day once again--but this time in a different way.
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| Teams Garage 707 and Church of the Spoken Wheel |
May 1st now translates to Riverwest 24 sign-up day. A glorious day to
cancel all plans and head to Milwaukee with friends to wait in line for
one of the best bike events in the world. You can see my last year's
post
here.
As some of you know, RW24 has gotten quite a bit of attention and is
now so big one must arrive early in the morning to secure a spot. This
year, four of our six team mates rolled into the little park next to the
Public House
shortly after 9am. On our drive there, a friend who was already at the
park, called and informed us that over 100 people were already in line.
My heart started to race as I did the math in my head, knowing it could
essentially be more than half full before we even got there. Now, I
know we were stuck in rush hour traffic for a reason. As I found the
end of the line, I was greeted by part of the team Garage 707. I can't
quite describe how shocked I was. You see, last year, we were just
behind these guys in line AND they are the team that allows us to use
their home as a base. On top of all this, we never planned any of it.
It was just meant to be.
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| Me resting at the Schlitz Audubon center in Bayside |
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| Patiently waiting |
Since we had four people in line this year, it allowed us to take of in
twos and do a bit of riding around Milwaukee--always something I look
forward to. This time around, we wound our way North, along the river
and into the burbs of Shorewood, Whitefish Bay, Fox Point and Bayside
with an end point of the Schlitz Audubon center. It was such a treat
seeing all the different architecture since Madison is definitely
lacking in that category. It was also just so nice to spend a day with
friends, doing what we all love best. Here's to another year of
adventure--vive le RW24!
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| Markham, with the heavens shining down upon him, after signing us up |
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