John, we'll be celebrating Dawn's birthday at the R&I today with Key Lime Cheesecake, key lime pie, banana bread, sausage, Debbie's potato salad and pickles, and Deak's Lecso among other things. It still happens, just not exactly like it used to. Also, I'm jealous of your riding.
You guys need to put the effort into it, it can't die.
While my trails are off the charts great out here, the Thursday night post ride really sucks. My wife and I joke that the Strava PRs that everyone is bragging about is how fast they can down their beer and get rolling. I really miss 2+ hours of hanging out with everyone and having a beer, but that just never happens out here.
This trail is closer to my house than Walnut was, actually probably closer than BCGB, it is one of our regular Thursday night ride locations:
And I still carry a bit of Austin for the post-ride activities, even though there is never enough time for the beer to get warm before people are heading out:
You can't see it, but the Pacific is right over those peaks, we're right above Malibu.
Check out these two guys for valid COVID info.
Michael Osterholm. His website is http://www.cidrap.umn.edu
And this guy who is an MD from the uk. Very good sound info.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF9IOB2TExg3QIBupFtBDxg
I know we've only met via this board, but I'm so sorry to hear this. Seriously, if you need anything, please let us know. Even just a home-cooked meal ( if you trust us) :). We'll be praying for ya!