{"id":9415,"date":"2015-05-29T19:48:51","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T19:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/?p=9415"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:00:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:00:44","slug":"whole-foods-rox-2015-folsom-to-sacramento-on-the-american-river-pkwy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2015\/05\/29\/whole-foods-rox-2015-folsom-to-sacramento-on-the-american-river-pkwy\/","title":{"rendered":"Whole Foods Rox 2015 Folsom to Sacramento on the American River Pkwy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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L-R: Lawrence Risley, Paul & Kathrin Krieg, Martin Krieg,\u00a0 <\/span>Amy Oleynik Edward Cox, Phyl Cox,\u00a0 <\/span>Rose Calzontzi, Tammie Lindstrom, John Erickson, Scott Erickson with\u00a0 <\/span>Ike Crasher, Mary and Mary Ann Blackwell waiting for us on trail.<\/span><\/p>\n

E<\/strong><\/span>veryone I’ve talked to (there were 17 of us) who rode our Sunday, Memorial\u00a0 <\/span>Weekend ride down the American River Parkway, have all expressed to me that\u00a0 <\/span>it was a fun, memorable experience. This affirms for me that our Mayors’ Rides still have a purpose. Despite the fact that they have succeeded in fleshing out our\u00a0coast-to-coast route at BikeRoute.com<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0 <\/span>we still need to run them because, with what we did Sunday\u00a0as the formula we plan to build on, they are now helping us gain business support.<\/p>\n

In sum, future Mayors’ Rides will travel from the Anchor Lodging purveyor that\u00a0 <\/span>represents any one of one of our 19 NBG Biking Cities<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0that connect San Francisco with Washington, DC with an official NBG proclamation\u00a0 <\/span>to the food purveyor we will also have selected. There a food party will let such stores\u00a0show their products off to the general public as we do what cyclists like to do best, eat, drink and be merry.<\/p>\n

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And in Sacramento, the fifth\u00a0 <\/span>NBG Biking city on our list after San Jose, Palo Alto, San Francisco and Oakland,\u00a0 <\/span>Chris Chisholm<\/strong> and Christina Clarke<\/strong>, of Whole Foods Sacramento<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0 <\/span>pulled out all the stops to make our arrival from the Larkspur Landing Folsom<\/strong><\/a> hotel a celebration infinitely worthy of our ride to get there! Before I tell you about all the wonder they made available for us, you need to know about the magic that preceded our arrival at their store.<\/p>\n

At the luxurious and extremely hospitable Larkspur Landing Folsom hotel where I stayed the night (full report soon), and after the delicious continental breakfast (they served food the careful eater I am could eat), there was even more of the same awaiting me out the front door. Jennifer Osborn<\/strong>, one of the marketing managers at the Larkspur was seated at a table where she administered the delicious breakfast food and drink that the Whole Foods Market Folsom<\/strong><\/a> people had on hand in ample supply.<\/p>\n

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In groups of one, two and three, bikes and their riders kept appearing. In time John Erickson<\/strong> was there on his HiWheel along with his brother Scott<\/strong>. Amy Oleynek<\/strong> came without a bike. She would ride John’s excellent riding old HiWHeel. Tammie Lindstrom<\/strong> and Rose Calzontzi<\/strong> pulled in on their mountain bikes.\u00a0Larry Risley<\/strong> came to tell us that his Mary<\/strong> and Mary Ann Blackwell<\/strong> and Ike Crasher<\/strong> were out waiting for us on the American River Parkway. Sacramento Bike Coordinator, Ed Cox<\/strong>, was there on\u00a0 <\/span>his Hiwheel along with his wife Phyl<\/strong> on the trick road bike he had made for her.\u00a0 <\/span>My amazing cousin Paul Krieg<\/strong>\u00a0(a 42-mile ride, he probably rode\u00a0twice that redirecting misplaced riders)and his wife Kathrin<\/strong> were there on their road bikes.<\/p>\n

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Getting to the river path from the hotel was a breeze. A block or so from our send-off, we were crossing Folsom Blvd and on the paved pathway headed for Sacramento. In years past, the way to or from the riverway has never been as straight forward and clear. This would be an indicator for us of the ease and joy we could expect ahead.<\/p>\n