Dear Sarah Lifton,

I wanted to remind you that we are having one of our authors Nelson Copp, author of “Cycling the Palm Springs Region” doing a presentation at the San Diego REI and we would like to invite the San Diego Tandem Club to this presentation. This is a Free event and since your club is in the area we wanted to let you know about the upcoming cycling event tonight. Below is information the book the author and the events.

Hope to see you there!

Ashlee Howell

Event & Marketing Coordinator

Sunbelt Publications

San Diego, California

(619) 258-4911 ext.108

ahowell@...

www.sunbeltbooks.com

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009 7:00pm, FREE & Open to the Public

Nelson Copp Author of "Cycling the Palm Springs Region" will be doing a presentation and doing a book signing at REI San Diego (REI 5556 Copley Drive. San Diego, CA 92111 (858) 279-4400)

CYCLING THE PALM SPRINGS REGION

Written by: NELSON COPP
Published By: SUNBELT PUBLICATIONS

ISBN #9780932653932 $17.95

This book provides route maps and trip descriptions for 35 great rides in the Coachella Valley. Rides vary from easy road trips for the whole family along highways and bike paths to longer workout trips for more experienced riders, and plenty of tough off-road trails for the most physically fit. About half the trips are suggested for use on mountain bike and ten are located in Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains.

Author Nelson Copp

Nelson Copp is the author of Cycling the Palm Springs Region, co-author of the books Cycling San Diego and Wilderness Basics, and a popular lecturer. A geologist by training, he enjoys helping people "find themselves"—he teaches Map & Compass Navigation and GPS classes for many Southern California groups and is a frequent Sierra Club outing leader. Along with biking, his interests include hiking, backpacking, surfing, cross-country skiing, and chasing eclipses all over the globe.