For more than ten years now, the
Pirates have been putting on the best little party ride this side of the big
dance. Join us for another adventure and prepare for heat, hills, head-winds,
hookers, and hijinks. (Wait, did he just say hills?)
We are tailgating at the Gay Lea
Wilson trailhead behind the Brewhouse 25 (64th and SW 8th). It’s a good place
to park. This should hasten our typically late departure. We are once again
cutting out Bondurant. Instead we offer a direct route from Mitchellville back
to Altoona. OR, a few of us are setting up camp in Thomas Mitchell Park to
avoid the drive home. Either way, this is one of the few rides taking you to
the great Eastern small towns of Runnells and Mitchellville – and these towns,
and the beautiful blacktop roads, are worth seeing.