Morning ride 8 miles to St. Annes.
Our riders have hearty appetites, we especially love our fresh fruits and veggies. We decided to compost all of our food during the bike tour and Tim Dundun, the Compost Guru of Altadena, generously accepted our food scraps to feed his chickens and abundant compost heap. The energy and health from his vibrant compost heap refueled us for the urban portion of our tour. Thanks Tim, your passion for compost continues to inspire us. Check him out at www.2doo.com
Today Picnic in the park.
Ride 35 miles to Carlsbad. Home stay at the Langen's.
Our 3 riding crews reunited at St Annes in Laguna Niguel for the largest single assembly of the tour. Next we split to work with students and explore the choices we can make in our everyday lives and how those affect other people and the environment! Students came up with some great ways that they could give back to their home, school, and city communities. Then, we celebrated the season and students' visit to Catalina with an Island style sing-a-long!
Rick and friends from the AIDS Lifecycle hosted our picnic in the park. It was exciting for us to share cycling stories with real cyclists! Many thanks for the tasty lunch.
Back along the coast, through Camp Pendelton, we cruise to our home in Carlsbad for the next couple of days. Being in one spot for 24 hours, what will we do? Go for a bike ride?
Our riders have hearty appetites, we especially love our fresh fruits and veggies. We decided to compost all of our food during the bike tour and Tim Dundun, the Compost Guru of Altadena, generously accepted our food scraps to feed his chickens and abundant compost heap. The energy and health from his vibrant compost heap refueled us for the urban portion of our tour. Thanks Tim, your passion for compost continues to inspire us. Check him out at www.2doo.com
St. Anne’s
The morning began with a short ride from our host families’ homes. Many thanks to Joan, Colleen and Kathy for welcoming us into their homes. The school day started with a theatrical introduction in front of the school following an enthusiastic welcome from both staff and students. From there we broke off into class groups and discussed the ecological footprint of consuming conventionally grown commercial produce versus supporting local organic farmers. Using an apple as our produce, the students acted out all the processes need to bring an apple from a conventional farm from the seed to our homes. The students then discussed what happens to the line of processes when the apple core is composted (it becomes a circle!) and how that cycle can sustain itself for as long as we want to keep growing apples!
Following our successful morning we finished with a group sing-a-long to some camp and Christmas favorites and hopped on our bikes for a short ride to the park for a fresh lunch provided by fellow cyclists Rik Katzmaier and friends. Many thanks for the wonderful lunch, the great conversation and the inspiration to continue riding.
With full stomachs we jumped on the bikes for a coastal trip to the Langen Family beach house.
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