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around sun city

                          PHOTO BY DAVID MEINER                                       BUNDLED UP BIKERS
                                                 Even though winters in central Texas present cool weather, most of the time Sun
             FROST FLOWERS                       City cyclists are able to bundle up and get out to enjoy a ride. Mid-day sun and
Crystallofolia, also known as “frost             dry roads let Bev Sborov and Susan Lorms work off holiday calories while main-
flowers,” appear near the tee boxes on           taining health and social wellness. To discover great riding routes close to home,
White Wing 5 on Dec. 19. Frost flowers           visit suncitytxcyclists.org.
form when water in the stems of plants
expands as a result of freezing tem-
peratures. Vertical cracks form in the
stems and ribbons of ice are forced out.

                                                                   CRUISIN’ AROUND
The Sun City Corvette Club and the Georgetown Texas Area Car Club (GTACC) cruised to Hennessey Performance for a
tour of their Sealy facilities in December. The group continued on to Tony’s Restaurant in Sealy for lunch, then motored
to the Hemi Hideout in Brookshire as the final stop for the day.

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