Ahh, Sunday arrived, and with it, the promise of some resting, relaxing and good fellowship. I got up a little after 8 again, loaded up my tank bag with a quick change of clothes and headed out to my bike. There was still a large contingent of folks lingering and I said goodbye to Anson and his wife who were entering the elevator I was leaving, and went out the lobby to see my bike still blocked in by yimmidibidu's scooter :) that was parked there from the night before.
Initially, he and his riding buddies were going to be heading out at 9, which was fine, since that's when I planned to ride. However, their departure was delayed so I had to go back in to ask him to wrangle his Honda outta my way. I got to say a couple of quick farewells to Dwight, Chris, Bob, and was queried by Suomi what people think when the biker chick shows up at church :) I told him I had a change of clothes, but even so, it really wasn't that big of a deal. Hard to be inconspicuous when walking in though! In the parking lot, I got a hug from Dave, who asked if I was going to take another 1,000 miles to get home, and I gave an enthusiastic NO! (Turns out I was a liar pig on that one...)
The church for this Sunday was Redeemer Orthodox Presbyterian, and was literally 9 minutes away from the hotel. The main sanctuary looked like it had been part of a much older structure, and even had some cool stained glass windows, with pews in semi circles. The folks there were very friendly, and I had someone introduce herself even before I made it into the side entrance (thanks Pam!). The service was good, and after that, I got to visit with some more folks, and even stayed for Sunday School.
After changing back to riding togs, a lady in the bathroom told me her son rode, and complimented me on having all the gear for riding. Once back in the foyer, she introduced me to her husband, and I got to tell part of my fun travels. In the parking lot, Pam came back over and ended up asking if I had a blog :) Don't know if you'll see this or not, chick, but if you do, here's a big 'hey there'!
I rode back to the hotel, glad it was a short ride, but enjoying being on the bike, nonetheless. That's always a good sign. The plan was some serious afternoon nappage, with a return to the OPC that night, but I ended up sleeping a little long, so I settled for the webcast from my own church back home.
Around this time, a seed started germinating in my brain, and when I went out for supper that evening, I started thinking about how much rest I'd gotten on Sunday. And how it would be kind of cool to do another SS1000 on the way home, that I could stop off in Memphis and surprise some folks. And that everything seemed nicely in order to pull it off again. And how boring it would be to just ride straight home!
So I decided to do it again.
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