Saturday bike ride with friends!

A couple of weeks ago, I saw that one of my elementary school mates (Fred) and his wife (Yen) had taken a bike ride on the Virginia Capital Trail (Carl and I had celebrated our 4th month-versary by riding on it back in 2020). I commented to Fred that we wanted to do that while we were in Virginia this time, and he asked that we let them know when we were going. So, I contacted him yesterday, and we agreed to meet up to bike together.

Fred suggested that we meet up at Four Mile Creek Parking and bike to the Winery at Upper Shirley Vineyard for lunch -- sounded good to us!

Patti and Yen starting off from Four Mile Creek Park

Fred and Carl got ahead of Yen and me - they stopped at some cotton bales...

... and we caught up with them there: Patti, Yen, and Fred

Patti and Carl at the cotton bales

After about 11 miles of riding, we got to the Upper Shirley Vineyards - the front of the building...

Fireplace inside the restaurant / taproom

Inside the restaurant/taproom

The back of the restaurant / event building at Upper Shirley Vineyards

In front of the building -- if there is a wedding going on that day, the horse has the bride and groom's names and the date stenciled on it... Lindsey and Dan were getting married on Saturday!

After lunch (note: best to share a meal -- portions are generous!), we headed back on the trail to return to our vehicles...

Patti and Yen

Fred with Yen and Patti behind...

Yen and Patti

We had parked at Four Mile Creek.

It was nice to catch up with Fred, for me to meet Yen, and for Carl and them to meet. We had a good day!