Twelfth Step Winter Solstice Finale
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Time: December 21, 2013 from 9am to 5pm
Location: The Clock Tower
Street: 3700 N. Recreation Drive
City/Town: Chicago
Website or Map: http://maps.google.com/maps/m…
Event Type: drunken
Organized By: bobweiser
Latest Activity: Jan 12, 2014
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Description
No, this isn't about trying, after having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, to carry any message to alcoholics, or to practice any principles in all our affairs.
It's about trying to ride to Three Floyds every month this year.
We start by taking the lakefront trail south from the Clock Tower. You can join up anywhere along the trail. Just let me know where so we can look for you.
New beers since last time: Royal Brat, an extremely quaffable, severely mellow, aggressively tender, and belligerently sessionable English-Style Best Bitter; Immutable Dusk, a Cascadian Dusky Ale as unwavering in its beguiling flavor as its namesake; and Level Eater, a dark Dwarven session ale brewed with experimental hops, suitable for hoisting in the best of ale horns.
45 miles total if you take the Metra back, 70 if you ride both ways. 13-16 mph. We don't make many stops. We don't always stay together. My goal is to get there before they open (at noon), so we don't have to wait as long to get in (it's the second-best brewery in the world, so sometimes there's a line). Returning, there's no hurry. Bring money, a lock, lights since it's the shortest day of the year, water and snacks to have en route, and panniers for beer you can't get in Chicago.
Online resources: Google map, cue sheet, Metra schedule, Metra rules, and, to save us all a minute at the start, the nifty online CCC waiver.
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Comment by djm on December 19, 2013 at 8:20am
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Snow and ice accumulations less than one inch.
Less than one inch of ice would be nice.
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Comment by bobweiser on December 19, 2013 at 4:50am
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yep, it's looking more extreme again:
Saturday
Mainly cloudy in the morning. Then a mix of wintry precipitation expected during the afternoon. High 34F. Winds NE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precip 50%. Snow and ice accumulations less than one inch. better less than one inch than more, at least. the lakefront trail should be fine (where it's plowed). it's probably a good idea to stick to streets after that. and to take the metra back; the evening looks even more challenging:
Saturday Night
Cloudy with a mixture of winter precipitation. Low 32F. Winds NE at 10 to 20 mph. Snow and ice accumulating 1 to 3 inches.
the reader had suggestions for the less masochistic:
Society makes us feel weird and bad for sitting around in bars while the sun is still up (unless sports are on TV—then anything goes). On the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, you can feel good about hunkering down at your neighborhood bar when it's only four in the afternoon, because it's probably dark out. And you can't really be depressed about it when you're wasted! Check our neighborhood bar guide for locale suggestions.
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Comment by Deet 4.5mi on December 19, 2013 at 3:43am
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This could prove to be some challanging conditions.
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just fill it out online, thanks!
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Comment by Duppie on December 17, 2013 at 3:26am
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Weather is looking nice for the time of year with a few days above freezing in a row.
Bob, Do you just want us to fill out the waiver on line, or print it and bring along?
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It looks like it is going to be a good ride
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it might not be so extreme after all:
Saturday
Overcast. High 31F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of Precipitation 10%
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my knobbies fit on my new bike! i'm ready for winter now. and lowering the expected pace by 1 mph. a preliminary forecast:Saturday, 21
Partly cloudy skies during the morning hours will give way to occasional snow showers in the afternoon. High near 20F. Winds NNW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of snow 40%. Snowfall around one inch.
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Yeah!
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