Cyclists participating in the Ticket to Ride fundraiser approach the first stop on the Firefly Trail in Winterville. Firefly Trail Inc. uses the annual event to raise money to complete the 39-mile path from Athens to Union Point. (Photo/Gray Jones)
Firefly Trail Inc. president Mark Ralston, riding a recumbent bicycle, arrives at the Winterville stop during the Ticket to Ride fundraiser on Saturday. (Photo/Gray Jones)
Specks of color appeared over the horizon as the jackets of the first wave of cyclists inched closer to a stop on the trail in Winterville. Bicycle tires cut through puddles left by the storm th…
