Crossroads Cruisers 2024
The 2024 Riding Season has ALMOST arrived! We had a meeting March 24th to plot out the calendar. As for our schedule, these dates were determined by those present. This year, our schedule includes a total of 12 local rides (1 possibly in the Shawnee Parade), one 3-day ride in late June and a 2-day ride in late September. As it stands right now, all rides have been assigned a leader. (But if you are open to being ‘on call’ for leading a ride, please let me know.) The local rides fall on the Saturdays and involve about 2 ½ to 3 ½ hours at the most. They generally cover 80 – 110 miles. Each of these rides begins at the church building (make sure your tank is full or nearly full when you arrive). We purposely scheduled the rides on Saturdays with the thought that if we ran into bad weather, we could move the ride to Sunday. To be safe, check your email for possible cancelations or changes if weather looks questionable. Or if you know the ride leader, call them.
General info about Rides:
Here are a few things I want to make sure you’re aware of:
1. This is an open group. So feel free to invite friends to join us on any of these rides. All I ask is that you clue them in a little as to how we do a ride, or introduce them to me and I will. If you have a friend that would like to be included on the group emails, just pass on their contact info to me.
2. The local rides generally include stopping for ice-cream, a coke, or even a meal somewhere along the way. A few days before a ride, whoever’s leading the ride will send out an email giving basic details of where we’re headed and if we’ll stop to eat a meal or grab a coke.
3. If you are running a couple minutes late for a ride, call the ride leader or my cell phone at 913-284-4545. Otherwise, we might end up leaving without you!
4. If you are in doubt whether or not a ride has been canceled due to rain, first check your email to see if a notice has been sent out about the ride. If you don’t see an email, feel free to call the ride leader or my cell phone at 913-284-4545. Unless I’m out of town I should be in the ‘know’.
5. Every year it seems we have a couple leaders that end up not being able to lead on the date they’ve selected. So if you would have any interest in being ‘on call’ to step in and lead a ride, let me know that now. Then as soon as I’m made aware of a situation I can contact you to see if you’re interested to lead that ride.
6. It is preferred that leaders of rides scout out their route ahead of time. That way they can avoid road closures and have a better feel for how long the ride will take. Then, early in the week of the ride, you can fill everyone in on what the plan is.
Schedule
Date:
April 20
May 4
May 18
May 26 (Possible)
June 1
June 8
June 20-22***
July 13 (Easton Bkfst)
July 27
August 10
August 24
September 13-14**
September 28 (Lunch)
October 12
Day(s):
Saturday
Saturday
Saturday
Sunday
Saturday
Saturday
Thurs. – Sat.
Saturday
Saturday
Saturday
Saturday
Fri. – Sat.
Saturday
Saturday
Time:
1:00p
10:00a
10:00a
TBD
10:00a
10:00a
9:00a
8:00a
8:00a
8:00a
8:00a
9:00a
9:30a – 2:30p
11:00a
Leader:
TBD
Tracy Armentrout
Bob Weber
TBD
Brad Fogo
Possible Parade
Stacy/Tracy/Toby
Bob Weber
Brad Fangman
Tracy Armentrout
Stacy Replogle
Brad/Roger
Toby Orth
Brad Fogo
Multi-day Ride Info:
June 20 – 22:
The 3-Day ride this year will be another attempt to make the Loess Hills Ride up along the Missouri River into Iowa & Nebraska. The middle day has not yet been determined but will be led by Stacy, Toby, & Tracy. We will determine hotel stays once the complete route is finished. You’ll need to let us know if you will be on the ride and if you would prefer a single hotel room or if it is OK to share a room.
September 13-14:
This year we will also have a 2-day ride (Fri-Sat) on Sept. 13 & 14 led by Brad & Roger. That ride has yet to be determined. I will notify you as we get close to end of summer for planning if not sooner. Also, be sure to specify if you’re wanting a room to yourself or are willing to share a room.
For more information and answers to your questions contact:
Brad Fangman
913-962-9966
brad@crossroads-christian.org