I started using Facebook's comments to describe my Saturday bike rides after reading a comment from a biking friend that she had to wait an hour for the gym to open. I had just finished riding a gorgeous ride in the full fall foliage. It just didn't seem right to be in the gym that day, but rather than writing "what were you thinking?" I wrote a description of my ride. Friends liked it, so I did another description the following Saturday, and I have been doing it ever since.

Briefly, I have been riding seriously (not really that seriously) for about 13 years. I started when my kids got into it. They stopped, I kept going. I am currently the president of the Maine Coast Cycling Club, a local recreational bike club based in Kennebunk, and volunteer at the Biddeford, Maine Community Bicycle Center.

Facebook comments only allows a little over 400 characters initially. This forced a sparse writing style which I enjoyed working in. Here is the first post I did.

Started bike ride at dawn. Saw a tree blazing orange reflected on Estes Lake. Climbed Mt. Hope, turned around and climbed the steep part again. Rode up Diamond Hill Road, saw the Camaro dragster mailbox. Took Ford Quint Road to the top of Bauneg Beg hill, the valley foliage glistened in the sunlight. To me, outside is the place to be.