Ride to Biketoberfest and National Chrome Divas Meet & Greet 2010 (also known as "the one where Melissa and Bunny didn't get a speeding ticket")

The Divas headed out to Daytona Beach for Biketoberfest 2010 and Meet & Greet with other national Chrome Divas chapters today.



Melissa and Bunny had a slight interruption along the way...

After Officer K was nice enough not to give us speeding tickets, we caught up with the rest of the pack and all rolled onto Main Street together where we had lunch, shopped, hit the beach and did a lot of people and bike watching.



Lunch at The Dog House

 

The annual beach shot

 

Cindy's first pin

 Just some of the bikes that really stood out...





Later, we headed over to Caribbean Jack's to meet up with some other sister Divas.

The Orlando chapter noshing on the yummy appetizers at CJ's

All of us!

Overnight Trip to St. Augustine

The Chrome Divas headed out bright and early on Saturday, September 25, 2010 to St. Augustine, Florida for our second overnight trip of the year. 

Some pictures along the way...

Trina left her house before the sun came up to make meet-up from her side of town.



The Divas giving a little "Bunny shout out" before kickstands up.  (Bunny ears noted)

All was going smoothly until Carlos, Akili's bike, decided he didn't want to ride anymore.



Plan A: Ride on in to St. Augustine, check in and have lunch there.
Plan B: Have lunch at Finn's Beachside Pub at Flagler Beach while waiting for mechanic to pick up Akili's bike.

Debi, our theatrical Diva, at Finn's.

Duain loading up Akili's bike.  He drove all the way from Orlando to tow it back and got Akili back to her house safely.  We think Duain's a Chrome Diva Hero!

  

Plan B Continued:  Keri and Joni stay behind with Akili until mechanic arrives from Orlando.  The rest of the Divas continue on to St. Augustine.  Here Keri and Joni are gearing up to rejoin the pack.



Keri and Joni catching up.

All the Divas (minus Akili) made it to St. Augustine and enjoyed the day touring around and later had a very delicious seafood dinner at Salt-Water Cowboys...

The next morning the Divas had breakfast at Oasis and then headed back to Orlando.  A missed turn along the way resulted in a route that turned out to be a very beautiful, scenic ride home.  Another "found" gem!

Ride to Winter Garden

On Sunday, May 23rd Victoria led the Divas on a ride to Winter Garden.  We headed out from Panera Bread at 9:00 while the weather was still nice and cool.  We took some beautiful roads through Mont Verde and Ferndale, stopped on top of Sugarloaf Mountain and had a tres delicious breakfast at Sweet Traditions French Bakery & Cafe in downtown Winter Garden.  We all got home around 1:00.  By then the temperature was soaring.  We were all happy to have had an early start.  Great morning ladies!



View of Lake Apopka atop Sugarloaf Mountain.

 



Downtown Winter Garden

The food at Sweet Traditions was a hit with all the Divas.

Chrome Diva Ride - March 7, 2010

Hmmm... where did the Divas head out to for their March ride?

Yep, Daytona Beach! Debi, Chris, Melissa, Lisa, Sylvie and her friend Maria, and Bunny met up at Panera Bread this morning and headed out to the coast for Daytona's 69th Annual Bike Week.

 Before heading over to Main Street, we stopped in at Caribbean Jack's for a little lunch on the deck overlooking the marina.  Great seafood, weather and view!  We had a nice surprise when Diva Lynn dropped by and visited for a little while as we ate.

At Caribean Jack's

Afterwards, we hopped back on the bikes and joined in on the Main Street festivities.

                                     

We checked out all the vendors...

 

and concessions...

costumes...

and interesting bikes...

And of course we had to get in the sand!

 

Headed to bikes to go back to Orlando. 

Lisa, you're looking a little "shopped out" here.

So to summarize our day, good friends + nice ride + beautiful weather + day at Daytona Beach in the midst of all that is Bike Week = a perfect day for a Diva! 

See ya at the 70th!

Diva Ride to Yalaha Bakery

Sunny and 70s - what a great day for a ride!

On Saturday, February 20, 2010, we met up at Panera Bread at 9:30 for our monthly Divas-only ride.  We took some beautiful backroads around Lake Apopka and then through some of Lake County's sweeping country roads, ending up at Yalaha Bakery for lunch and pastries.  This was one of our first sunny, warm days after an unusually cold winter in Central Florida this year.  It was so nice, some of us decided to take the loooooong way home...

Riders meeting to go over the route.

Ready to ride! 

A brief stop along the way.

Alfresco dining at the bakery. 

Of course we had to gawk at everybody else's rides, including the three-wheeled kind.

One last photo op at the bakery before heading back.