Coffeeneuring Stop #2: Cafe Con Leche

The madness continues.  Here are this week's particulars:
1. where: Cafe Con Leche, Apalachicola FL
2. date: 11/4/17
3. what: double macchiato
4 ride details: a nice October-ish day in early November; '89 GT Karakoram; more below
5. 2.2 miles round-trip

Hmph.  Between rainy weekends and mis-spending the remainder of the time hiking, I'm out of days to finish the 2017 Coffeeneuring challenge.  Ah well, it was still a good ride with my sister – you can see her styling Schwinn on the right – on the day before Seafood Festival.  IIRC, she had her usual latte.  We enjoyed our coffees out on the front porch overlooking the Wards' shrimp house and discussed the state of the world.

Still might make a few more turns at blog posts about official coffeeneuring this year, but with only two of seven stops done and four possible days remaining, I'm kind of off the back with this one.  Here's to next year!

Coffeeneuring Stop #1: Mockingbird Cafe

This madness had to start with the Mockingbird.  Here are the particulars:
1. where: Mockingbird Cafe, Bay St. Louis MS
2. date: 10/14/17
3. what: triple macchiato (the real kind)
4. ride details:  a nice September-ish day in mid-October; CX bike; more below
5. 4.4 miles round-trip
 (if you're wondering what all this is about, here's the intro page)

It's still a warm, damp day sandwiched between the hopefully last hurricane of summer and the first real cold front of fall.  After a lunch of spring rolls, it seemed like time for a cup of coffee and a catch-up with the local paper.  A casual ride there through the 4th Ward neighborhoods, then stopped by a friend's house (not in), and took the railroad yard gravel shortcut back.

Coffeeneuring: Maybe Even Better than Gravel Grinding

The idea is to combine randonneuring with coffee shop destinations in mind.  Sounds good to me!  Naturally there's a little more to it than that, so I'll refer you to the article at Bicycle Times and the official Coffeeneuring site and leave you to read while I get on with the day.

No additional event points for steel frame and barcons, but they do merit style points.

Already making a list (of coffee shops) and checking it twice.  There may be a backpacking wood stove and an old aluminum espresso pot shoved into the camelbak before this is all over.  Stay tuned.