The past two Tuesday mornings, Rose and I have ridden the 6 1/2 miles to the start of this club ride, and joined it. It starts in South Fort Worth on Columbia Trail near Hulen, and goes south to just west of Crowley, then on south into Johnson County.

The ride stops for a break and regroup on CR 919, then the riders split into different distance groups. The 43 mile route goes out to Sundance Road, then east to Joshua for another stop, before heading back. There are several shorter route options, depending on what everyone wants to do.

It was a small turnout this morning, with the rain and storm forecast looming. Weather radar showed the storms weren’t anywhere close at ride time, so Rose and I did the ride. We cut the route off just a couple of miles past the first regroup, got home just past noon, and ended up with 39.9 miles.

Just a few minutes after we got home, storm sirens were sounding as a tornado was on the ground near Joshua, 10 miles south of us. That set the tone for the rest of the day as tornadoes did a lot of damage in Arlington, Lancaster, and Dallas.

FWBA Rusty Chain Gang Ramble route.