If you can’t beat ’em, make fun of ’em. That’s the idea at the annual Fire Ant Festival in this Piney Woods town, where goofy events include a fire-ant-calling contest and ugly-face-making contest. There’s a parade, chili cook-off, dominoes tournament, Tour de Fire Ant Bike Race (100K, 10-mile, 30-mile and 45-mile bicycle tours), as well as a 5-K run and plenty of live music and food.
Tour de Paris – Paris, TX
- 6-8 a.m. Late registration, packet pick up, and all-you-can-eat carbo-loaded Pancake Breakfast at the Paris High School cafeteria
- 6-8 a.m. Live Entertainment to be Announced
- 8 a.m. Tours begin
Old Tascosa Classic Tour – Amarillo, TX
Rides of 25 to 100 miles. Climb scenic Palo Duro Canyon.
Contact : president@oldtascosacycling.com
Riding from Wichita Falls to Chicago for a Reason
from timesrecordnews.com
by Sarah Johnson
Patrick McBride is hoping the Midwest corn crop is unseasonably good next summer. That’s when McBride and two friends will ride their bikes about 1,200 miles from Wichita Falls to Chicago to raise money for an orphanage project in Nigeria.
“The tall corn stalks stop the wind from coming across the road,� McBride said.