Whiskey River 145k RUSA Populaire, September 18, 2021

[StephenH]

Join us this Saturday for the Whiskey River 145k RUSA Populaire out of Alvarado, Texas.

Start Time:  8:00 AM.

Start Location:  Parking at the Alvarado High School parking lot- see attached map.  The start control is the store just north of there.  We will ride back up to the store, then start from there.  Coming from the north on I-35W, take Exit 24 (first exit after Hwy 67), turn back left under the freeway, then back right on the far (2-way) service road.  There is a stopsign at an offramp, then turn left into the big parking lot.  It is easy to miss in the dark.  Go down past the closed gate and circle back up nearer the road to park.  (If you did Saturday's ride, we rode right past there.)

The route is 90.8 miles long with stores at the third points.  From Alvarado, you go south to Carls Corner, then out to Hillsboro, back up to Woodbury and Blum, then in via Rio Vista.  The route name is from the Willie Nelson song of that title.  At one time, Willie had a financial interest in the store at Carls Corner, and had some memorabilia on display there.  No actual consumption of whiskey is involved in this ride, but you're welcome to belt out the song here or there along the way.

One RideWithGPS file is here:  https://ridewithgps.com/routes/30308669

Caution:  The older RWGPS files were all intended to be used with a written cue sheet, and may not contain all the data you need to ride the route- use at your own risk!

I see this file shows Blum as an open control.  The cue sheet shows The River Stop as the control.  Either store can be used.

One note of caution:  As you go from Carls Corner to Hillsboro, you have two different places where high-speed traffic may be merging from the RIGHT- usually not a problem, but for sure, pay attention going through there.

RUSA membership is required, see the RUSA website for details.

Lone Star Randonneurs membership is required.  See the form on the LSR website.  Get that and a check into Dan prior to the ride.  I believe both LSR membership and RUSA membership get extended through 2022, confirm with Dan.

There is a $5 ride fee to defray insurance costs, get that into Dan prior to the ride.

Attached is a waiver.  Fill out, print, sign, scan, and email that to Dan prior to the ride.  Preferably soon rather than later.  Also email me to let me know you're coming.

Riders so far:

Delwin

Dan

Pam

Stephen

Sharon

I expect several others.  If you're not on the list yet, let me know. If you're on there and not riding, let me know.

The long-range forecast shows a low of 71, high of 94, sunny, winds out of the SSE at 10 mph, 21% chance of rain.

Email with any questions, or to let me know you're coming.

Stephen H

stephen...@yahoo.com

[Pam Wright]

Pam’s waiver

Sent from Pam's phone

Please pardon misspellings and/or short responses. 

On Sep 12, 2021, at 1:54 PM, 'StephenH' via Lone * Star * Randonneurs <Talk...@googlegroups.com> wrote:



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[StephenH]

Update:

Rider list:

Delwin

Dan

Pam

Stephen

Sharon

Gary

Dana

Andrew

If you're not on the list and plan to ride, let me and Dan know.  If you're on the list and not riding, let me know.

Updated forecast:  72 and sunny at the ride start, high of 92 at 4:00 PM.  Low to moderate winds from NNE (generally, very light tailwind going out, moderate headwind on the return).  Low but not zero percent chance of rain until 1:00 PM.

One note:  At Hwy 67 and I-35W is a QT store, and that's my preferred restroom stop on the way to the ride start, just a couple of miles from the start.

Email with any questions, or to let me know you're coming.

Stephen H

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[StephenH]

Updated:

Rider list:

Delwin

Dan

Pam

Stephen

Sharon

Gary

Dana

Andrew

Debbie

Tibor

[Dan Driscoll]

Many Thanks to Stephen for Hosting…

This Pop will complete / or get some LSR's closer to earning the new RUSA Rouleur Award….If you are interested in this Award, let me know and we’ll work on it with you, it’s only 5 rides and we still have months left in the year…...

Sorry, our LSR Waiver collection process is pre-historic and lacks transparency to the Ride Hosts, which requires riders to double do…..RSVP’ing to ride Host and Waiver’ing to da RBA. 

We’ve looked at the software ( a deluxe website ) that allows riders to fill out waivers on line, and shares the official Waiver’ed Rider List it with all members, but that’s a big learning curve, and we are not there today ;=)

We've got a waivers from Tibor and Debbie, so please add them to da Rider list.

We can be a pretty fun group, but the RUSA waiver prior to ride start, is Nonnegotiable….. Please try to keep this process easy for me, please…...don’t make me chase or wait till the last minute. If you even think you might ride, just send a waiver, and I’ll work harder to communicate with The Ride Hosts. If something comes up and you don’t show up to the ride an extra waiver, is No Harm Done ;=) you can’t show up and ride without a waiver.

Working on a couple of others…

Really like this 90 mile route….

I’ll have a Surprise for all, at the start, we won’t be leaving the parking lot with out our obligatory Pre Ride LSR Photo, so show up early or we will just have to leave late ;=)

Thanks all, DanD

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