Bitter/Sweet

By this time last year I had ridden in five different races, this year - one. Two of the Eugene races were moved this year to Sunday. I was pretty disappointed by that. Today was the Eugene Roubaix. It is a 52 mile road race that is 10 minutes from my house. Unfortunately, I was unable to race because our ward had it's temple trip in Portland. I was in charge of taking the youth to do baptisms for the dead. It was great for the youth and very enjoyable. But it still didn't make the fact that I was missing the only Eugene road race on a Saturday any easier. Driving home from Portland I saw about 30 bikes on top of cars, it was salt in the wound.