July 10 - Warsaw to Krakow

Camille and Peter

Well finally the first day of riding of the European Posse Ride.  We started out on highways again to get away from the city.  Once we got on to the smaller roads it was much more pleasant to ride.  

Our leaders were the Fantastic Four - Benny, Nancy, Camille and Peter.  Lunch was at a perfect spot because Radaslaw from Krakow was with us and he took over the lead and took us right to this amazing restaurant where we were able to warm up with some polish soup - Zurek soup.  Again delicious!

Our group did well until of course the bikes and riders decided otherwise.  Two riders missed the marker and as they were close enough to the end of the line of bikes the sweep chased them down and sent us on.  When we met up with the rest of the group there was one bike that had issues with the electrical and they could not shut it off.  

On the Posse Ride if someone needs help only one stays behind and the rest are sent on their way.  But since Peter was chasing down the two that went the wrong way and Benny and Nancy needed to stay and wait for them - Rad was in charge of leading - Camille was in charge of the second man drop - and I - yes ME was appointed sweeper.  (I know it was because I already had orange on but I’d like to think it was because I am such a great rider - LOL). So we put the bike with the problems between Rad and Camille in case something happened to that bike again and we would avoid them being in the mix of bikes for the second man drop system.  But the bike had other ideas and finally gave out again not very far along the ride.  

Lunch Spot

Well we didn’t have any more organizers we waited until Benny, Nancy and Peter came along and again we made some changes but again I was appointed sweep!  I have to say it made my day - I loved it.  

However that wasn’t the end of the issues - now it was the turn of some more bikers!  One left the mark as I think he lost his mind and thought someone else was me and thankfully Rad saved the day again!  Took us to a hotel which turned out to be wrong (same name - different hotel) but Rad and I spoke and decided it was best to see if we could find any stragglers along the route that were left to mark.   We zoomed back and did not find anyone left on the road thankfully.  We then went to the hotel - found the right hotel to the relief of the EPR as I came around the corner!  They did not realize that I was with Rad having a great ride through Krakow trying to find markers that were no longer there.  They were very happy to see me and were concerned that I was upset - NOT AT ALL - had a great ride.  Thank you to Rad.  

We had a great night - way too much to drink and Connie and I ended up going to bed after midnight giggling the whole way!  We couldn’t stop laughing and didn’t really understand what we were laughing about.  Another great riding day to say the least.