Crashes, Cycles, and Coop

Last weekend started off with a bang….. literally.  Rachel called me on Friday afternoon and said, “Some guy rear ended me.” She was calm and I told her to call the police, so that they could come out and do an accident report.  Since she was just outside of our neighborhood, I decided to drive over and take a look.  She completely understated what had happened!  I pulled up to find traffic backed up and saw that her Pathfinder had been nailed by a big F350.  I saw that she was fine and walked around to the back of the vehicle and assessed the damage.  The back of the vehicle was TRASHED and it ended up having to be towed away.  Fortunately, everyone was fine and Rachel didn’t have to go to the hospital.  Now we just have to mess the with guy’s insurance company to make sure we get everything taken care of.  The only funny thing that came out of it is that Rachel has no choice but to ride around with me in my Jeep because it is our only vehicle.  I have had the top off all week and she hates it J

We woke up Saturday morning to assess how Rachel felt as we had signed up to ride the 33 mile Red Bud Classic Cycle tour.  She was a trooper and demanded that we go and do the ride despite the wreck on the previous day.  The ride was really cool.  We had never done one of the Red Bud Classic events, so the route was new to us.  It was a great ride with the wind at our side most of the time.   The best part of the event was that Big Truck Tacos was out there with the mobile truck, so I got to enjoy a breakfast taco after the ride.  It was a really nice morning, so we took our time on the way back to Guthrie, driving on the back roads all the way home so that we could enjoy the ride.  Along the way we stopped at Starbucks (big surprise) and Cup Cakes a Go Go so we could have some treats for our weekend guests. Finally we had to get home and clean up because a group of ten of us had a tour scheduled at the Coop Brewery. 

The tour of Coop was great.  They are one of only nine breweries in the state and the brew master really knew his stuff.  He used to be a teacher and it showed because he was very good at explaining the production process of their business.  As part of the tour, we got to taste all of Coop’s beer.  By far the best beer was the Farmhouse Ale.  This was a beer that actually came out of a batch that had some mistakes, but rather than throw it away, they added some tart cherries and reworked the flavor.  Unfortunately it is limited in supply since it was an off the cuff creation, but it was amazing.  Most beers that have fruit involved are a little bit sweet and really get annoying after a few drinks.  This ale was really different because it didn’t have any sweetness to it, just a nice tart taste. 

We spent the rest of the day hanging out with our friends and relaxing.  It was a jam packed day of leisure and fun so to make up for all the fun, I worked in the yard all day Sunday to balance it out.