Some of the memories, accomplishments, highlights, and discoveries of the 2016 riding season:

Riding:

      94 total rides vs 86 in 2015 although there were 14 additional winter warrior rides that year
      91 rides by Geoff Mumford 
      82 rides by Mary Lou Mumford
      5000 miles Lauren Berman, 1st time
      5000 miles Mike Henley,  2nd time
     1000 miles/month average for 2016 Chuck G
      20+ MCBC rides

First time century ride:
     Joe Zimmer
     Barbara Hafner
     Frank Bortko

Most Well attended Rides:
      July 2nd Picnic Ride   29
      Welcome back Mike O'Grady  Ride 27
      Ann & Jack Wall picnic Ride  26

New Restaurants
     Local Folks - in Slades Corners - most reasonable prices of any restaurant we stop at. Restaurant discovered and route designed by Geoff.  This is a very enjoyable route to ride
    Hazel's in Hebron -  Small town upscale - Cinnamon Bun French Toast supplies enough calories to ride for 3 more hours
    Deb's Country Café in Darien- Similar to the old Linda's in Wilmot.  We stopped here in September on a replacement ride for the Cornfest ride which was rained out.

Bob Cronsell's many talents
     Airplane/Airliner mechanic
     Pilot
     Century Rider
     Suburban Cowboy as evidenced when he took his road bike off road to help round up some wayward donkeys.
     Railroad Dispatcher - our group was stopped by a train parked across the road in Darien. Bob got the attention of the railroad people. The train pulled ahead, let us pass, and then backed up across the road again!

Best  road repair/rebuild
       Lawrence and Oak Grove Rds. from Milky Way Park to Wis. State Line 
       Kemman Rd. South of VanderCarr

Worst road resurface/repair
       Kemman Rd north of VanderCarr -  This was better for cycling before they did any work.

Favorite Descent
       McDonald Rd west of Lake Geneva

Best "speed " road
        Riding east on Altenberg Rd with a 20mph tailwind

Most tedious road to ride
        Hospital Rd from Hwy 36 to Weeks Rd.  trends uphill with usual headwind

My favorite roads
      Towline Rd east of Lake Geneva, Berndt Rd, Cranberry Rd, Back Rd

Most Requested route
      Snake Rd

Closest deer encounter
     Descending Fair Oaks Rd when deer darted across road

Top example of MCBC camaraderie
     Mary Lou, Mary W, Barbara H, Lauren B- Happily enjoyed the "more scenic" ride to Darien, skipped the restaurant and almost ecstatically reported their ride covered 46 miles

Largest flock of turkeys
     150-200 on Town Hall Rd north of Walworth. This was not on an MCBC  ride but it is a pretty impressive sight to see that many turkeys literally covering a corn field.