Thursday night saw another typical OWLS group of about 20 riders do a helium balloon-on-a-string route, called the Lawson Loop, by leader Tom Reynolds.
Tom led the group north through the neighborhoods, through town, out through Cascades Park, and eventually to Bottom Road (yes, it is clear and dry).
We climbed Simpson Chapel up to our regrouping point at Lawson.
At that point our group was slightly fractured. One person had decided to head back to town. Another had a flat and had to catch up. When we headed back toward town a small group split off to come back via Old 37 instead of Bottom Road.
We did about 24 miles (depending on where one started and stopped) in about 2 hours, including regrouping stops. All together it was a beautiful evening for a ride.