Joy

The old Ford Exploder isn't exactly a one horse open sleigh and RCVman shares only the belly full of jelly similarity with Kris Kringle, but we made the Christmas rounds yesterday none-the-less.

The first stop was at the Boys & Girls Club where we presented the eight new bikes (and yes there were a few Gary Fishers) to the kids. Even managed to enlist a five person choir at the last minute to add to the festivities. Special thanks to everyone who contributed to this wonderful cause and especially to the Bainbridge Athletic Club, Classic Cycles and to the staff at the B&G Club. I think we made this Holiday Season a little more fun for Hannah, Hadassah, Dimitry, Dylan, Nick, Bank, Hayden and Zach. Merry Christmas Kids!

The second stop was at CT HQ where Santa picked up the six CompuTrainers that the West Sound Tri Club ordered. Santa got a touch hungry at this point in the busy day and stopped over at Ivars for an order of Murphy's prior to the 4:40 sailing back to the sanctuary of the Island.

And then the final stop out at Poulsbo Running for delivery of the CTs to Brian, Kelly, David, Ben, Mike, Chris & Brooke. You will be hearing more from this group as we will document their training and racing in the coming months.

It was a fun day of sharing the biking joy. I think we got the kids off on the right foot and got the adults some new tools with which to achieve their racing goals. 'Twas a long day!

Immediately afterwards Santa went home and had a beer:)

Pix: New bikes for Kids and new CTs for the Older Kids. Ivar keeping clam at sunset with the largest gull ever sculpted. ALL THIS = JOY.