I was late, OK? I opted to ride the route nonetheless. As I was grinding away on the 2nd climb, behind me I could hear the sound of tires on tarmac approaching behind me. Soon, someone on a single-speed flat bar bike came and passed me. 'This is hopeless,' I thought, if that person was also trying to catch onto the dragon-tale of the OMTM ride. At the top, it seemed as if that rider was hanging back, waiting, perhaps, for me to join. Once I finally reached them and was able to again talk, he rider confirmed they were trying to catch back up to the Happy Hour. Apparently I had found the front of a group who had taken a wrong turn and lost the head of the ride. Soon, three more riders arrived, and the five of us worked to follow the ride. On the first set of trails, we came up behind a familiar rider, also off the back of the main group. By the end of that first trail, we were 12-riders strong, all scrambling to follow the route. We opted to cut-off some sections, in hope of catching up to the front. Eventually we gave up on that goal and just enjoyed a good ride in good company. Ultimately, even our sub-group was split up and we thinned until it was just me and one other rider from the Happy Hour. After another mile, one more Happy Hr. rider joined us for the remaining climb back to Riverview Cemetery. At the bottom of the cemetery, I caught back up with that single-speed/flat-bar rider who had passed me at the start. Funny ride, altogether.