Written by New Year’s Day 5-mile bike ride and finish with Gumbo!
What a way to start the new year! A friend of mine who is a local and well known chef hosted a bike ride and lunch of gumbo with rice and cornbread muffins (with honey butter).
We left his house in Campus Commons and proceeded to the American River Bike trail. We had to navigate several fallen trees from the storm that blew threw the day before, and swathes of branches and puddles all about. I went with my daughter, Emily, and we had a very nice time with the other 25 or so people who attended.
After the ride I had a large bowl of hot gumbo! My word, it was absolutely delicious and the perfect thing after a 5-mile bike ride on the first day of the New Year and a winter day. The other bonus is I get to add another 5 miles to my 1,000 plus mile journey (black belt requirement). A great way to start the new year off!