After a year with many wonderful rides — from adventures with friends, to a summer spent as an instructor for the Community Cycling Center’s Bike Camp, to a full season of randonneuring — four rides stand out. These were personally challenging events which took me into beautiful and remote places where I rode both alone, at times, and with the incomparable and supportive company of friends and fellow randonneurs.
Post inspired by Jan Heine. See his Rides to Remember here.
Rando Theo 
That was a stellar flèche! So glad to have shared it with such great company.
Likewise, Corey! One of my most vivid memories from the ride is something I didn’t take a photo of: the gang of Elk which bounded across our path in the middle of the night on an otherwise quiet road, heavy hooves pounding the pavement, and then their crashing sounds as they broke through branch and bracken up the hillside and into the distance.