Wednesday, December 21, 2016 (WINTER SOLSTICE!)
Meet: 4:00 p.m. Loyal Heights Community Center playground
Roll: 4:45 p.m.
Tour: Olympic Manor neighborhood holiday lights
End: 5:30 p.m. Grumpy D’s Coffeehouse
Length: About three festive miles
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Read recaps of previous years for inspiration: 2015 recap | 2014 recap | 2013 recap | 2012 recap (Critical Lass)

Come to the park at 4pm to have time for playing, stringing lights, and taking photos of our lit-up rigs while there’s still a bit of daylight left. The nice part of holding our ride on a weekday these last two years is that the community center will be open! Good for hiding from possible rain and visiting the potties before we roll out at 4:45pm.

I’ll update with exact route info: this was last year’s three-mile route, but I will look into cutting out one more uphill block and see how this 2.8-mile route feels.

We’ll finish up at Grumpy D’s Coffeehouse around 5:30 p.m. There’s a warm fireplace near a group of comfy chairs, plenty of table seating, and toys! Hang out a bit for peppermint hot chocolate and other treats.