Historical Ride to Allensworth State Park on 4/10/10

If you have not been to Allensworth California,"In August 1908 Colonel Allen Allensworth and four other settlers established a town founded, financed and governed by African Americans. Their dream of developing an abundant and thriving community stemmed directly from a strong belief in programs that allowed blacks to help themselves create better lives. By 1910 Allensworths success was the focus of many national newspaper articles praising the town and its inhabitants." We rode our trikes to this quiet state park. Steve & Terri walked the park looking around and Jerry & I flew kites. (Much better wind today.) The Park Ranger came over and she even flew kites with us. Pretty fun. We then rode on up to Corcoran (famous for housing Charles Manson) and had a great lunch at El Capitan (if you ever get to Corcoran...go there...very good food). Rode through rough roads to Tulare and over to Porterville Hwy and home. Long, but good ride.

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