The plan was to go to the bike shop at 3 PM and consummate the deal on the bikes. We arrived right at 3 PM and Dave Hunger, the owner, was ready for us. Here are a couple photos of the shop:
The bikes were brought out and Dave explained all the features of the bike and how to get the best ride. Josie and I rode the 8 miles round trip to the Fish Hatchery on the bike trail on the side of the main road out of town:
Dave was to attach the bike rack to the truck while we were taking our first ride. He ran into a problem with the rack. It seems that the rack is built for a class I or II hitch, and we have class IV hitches on both the truck and the fifth wheel. He had to remove the "tongue" from a different track that he had in order to get the proper fit:
We still couldn't place both bikes on the rack since Josie's bike is a "step-thru" which requires an additional, portable bar, to be placed on her bike so that it will sit on the rack like mine. That part was ordered and will be in the shop today for us to pick up. We took all of our goodies - the bikes, the pump, our helmets and the rack - and plan to return today to complete the process. We will also pay Dave when we finally get everything done, at his suggestion. He has been tremendous in making sure that everything is just right for us and we are grateful that we discovered such a sincere and hard working individual to guide us through this process.
Josie walked around the area while we were retrofitting the rack and captured these geese in the park:
The young geese are getting larger and are now almost the size of their parents. It appears that there are more than a couple families in this group.
The weather turned sour once again in the late afternoon and we had a thundershower with more high winds late in the evening. It has all cleared out this morning, so we are hoping for a nice day on our second day off this week...
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