Eric's first TacoRide

Yes, I stole his virginity and he liked it. There was alcohol involved, it was dark out, and we were going fast. Before he knew it, we were done and heading home. I dropped him off at his house, we said our goodbyes, and we were unsure of when we would see each other again.

Sounds like a trashy novel! Well that's pretty much how last week's Tacoride went. There were probably half the usual patrons at Mineola. We think the rain from earlier in the day kept most away, if not the RAGBRAI that was also going on during the week.

She obviously hasn't learned the Aaron way of crushing cans  

Eric had his wife's bike which hadn't been ridden in years. Two flat tires, no big deal. We'll pump it up at the high school. Funny how those premonitions get to you because when I first picked him up, I was thinking to myself that we should pump them up JUST IN CASE.  Once there, we pumped it up. POP! It seemed odd that the rear tire was at a much higher pressure than the front, even though they squeezed about the same. But I didn't think much about it. He hopped on and it sounded like firecracker/gunshot. Everyone in the parking lot looked. After borrowing some wrenches (no quick release), we finally got the tire off and there was complete blowout of the side of the tube. Pretty sure it was caught between the side of the rim and tire. Eric wrenched, I inserted the new tube, and Jena pumped. Teamwork!

There was a gorgeous sunset behind us as we arrived into Mineola

We got down to Mineola (after our usual pitstop at Margaritaville) without a single raindrop. As Eric recited some weather knowledge from our weather friends, we had experienced a squall not even five minutes onto the trail. The menacing looking clouds were on both sides of the trail, but they seemed to pass right around us!

There might not be a pot of gold at Mineola, but they do have tacos, beer, and fried cheese balls!

Once at Mineola, we quickly got our order of tacos, beer, and margaritas. Fried cheese curds too! Delicious! Up roll Paul, Jodi, and Jim. Jodi and Paul made the trip from Mineola to Silver City and back, while Jim rode solo out to Silver City. Think he's enjoying his new bike. Jodi and Jena went inside and checked out crazy umbrella-on-his-head boy and his little thong that he was proudly showing off. Yeah, quite a sight when you see someone roll past you and their shorts are purposely pulled halfway down, exposing one buttock and a black thong. Quite a sight that I'll hopefully never see again. Good times and good friends! Till next Taco Thursday!

Umbrella thong boy and his S.O.

As you can tell by her face, I was caught taking a picture of her. "Girls on film..."