Saturday morning, Trent and I made another trip to Edelweiss. This time, however, we had an extremely hard time getting there. Numerous roads were blocked off, including the entire right side of University Boulevard past the Tuscaloosa Club. We had to take a detour to Jack Warner and ended up by Capitol Park. Although we grew a little frustrated, we decided to just park and walk. As our destination grew closer, we began to hear a large group of people yelling and whistling...why we had no clue. We soon realized, however, that it was a bike race. Right as we walked up to the strip of road right in front of Edelweiss, scores of neon colored helmets and jerseys came whizzing by. It turned out to be a really neat experience. We ate outside with a lot of other people and dogs, most of whom were enjoying the music and atmosphere, cheering on the bikers. My dad has done some triathalons and he got me into biking a bit a few years ago.
I did a little research on the race and found out it was the Tour de Tuscaloosa put on by bike shop Velo City, located right next to Edelweiss. It turns out there were about 190 participants in seven different races. This was the second annual Tour de Tuscaloosa, the Saturday downtown and Sunday in Druid City. For anyone that enjoys outdoor recreation, this is a fun event to go to and enjoy the spring weather.
Velo City's Website: http://velocityprocycle.com/
Tuscaloosa News' Article on Tour de Tuscaloosa: http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20080330/NEWS/605388051/1015/NEWS
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