If this is Wednesday, we are riding TONIGHT. We are pleased to let everyone know that for the 54th Annual nighttime holiday parade 2019. They got 3rd place “Best of Show”. This award came as a pleasant surprise as this group always goes way out to meet the theme of the parade, this year it was the roaring 20s, last year it was the toy soldiers for the Nutcracker and prior to that it was the Grinch who stole Christmas. What is unique about the Thursday Night Peddlers riding on Wednesday, each holiday season they cycle and carol Lake Worth Beach’s new residence and community.

They are the only group in the United States to do this, to the delight of the community and are now in their 8th year of riding as a leisure group, enjoying paradise. Lake Worth Beach is flat, about every street has bike lanes, thanks to the CRA. Accepting this award presented from Leisure Services are Tina Chiodo a frequent rider and AnnaMaria Windisch-Hunt the founder of this group. ““We are A non-spandex group and every one with a bike in Lake Worth Beach and beyond regardless of age is always welcome to ride with us every Wednesday”. They meet 6:15 and depart 6:30 from the Gulfstream hotel each Wednesday. Did I mention they have had the honor of leading the parade. It is a non membership group so depending on what life has to offer there could be upwards 25 riding or as few as five.

You might also enjoy reading Throw back Thursday. April 26, 2018 and have a look at some of our participants.

I became part of history Dec. 17, 2019 arriving early in West Palm Beach downtown 4:30 an hour before the event. As the trolly approached, I thought the rally was in full force. What I encountered were two trump women w megaphones and two large flags all for Trump. Returning, to the start of the event, I could hear the crowd from a block away, now the plaza was full of protesters. The police dept had a few officers dividing them from us. It was well attended as you can see from these photos. My former UPI persona had to see the other side. How many Trumpers there were. I’d estimated 40 as I crossed to participate and approximately 575 anti Trump protesters verses 40.? Crossing the street again later to access a different vantage point, I realized no, there were no 40 trumpers, impeach people were mixed in. So the count went down to 25? What the Trumpers had were two media trucks that circled the block from different directions. As they reached the mass a loud roar went up “Lock Him Up” in unison. The impeach crowd were encouraged to call Rick Scott by repeating his phone number. His phone should be jammed this morning Thursday. This was a none violent crowd of mostly elderly educated people ( Florida is the retirement capitol of the U.S.) who know their history and what’s at stake. Also seen were a handful of millennials w one mega hat between them for a photo selfie op.