March 6–Pope Valley and Lake Berryessa Road Loop

[SadieKate]

Road ride for anyone who wants to join us! We’ll ride north through the Pope Valley and then down the west side of Lake Berryessa.

Start: Moskowite Corner (intersection of highways 128 and 121 NE of Napa)
Time: 10 am, ready to ride as soon after as possible
Length: 45 miles
Climbing: about 1,700 feet

We’ll climb up Lower Chiles Road (part of the Tour of Napa Valley), cross the valley floor (keep your fingers crossed for some gorgeous wildflower displays), and over the ridge to the Lake. We’ll then ride south down the west side of Lake Berryessa followed by a short steep climb out of the canyon and a cruise back to Moskowite Corner.

Facilities are limited this time of year, but there is a very small country store in Pope Valley.

PM or email me for more details or about carpooling from Davis. We'll have riders of varying speeds, so all are welcome.

[jobob]

waaa, that looks great! but starting the end of Feb. my Saturdays are shot w. the ACTC academy

[SadieKate]

Ah, the sounds of the whambulance! Can you do it if we move it to Sunday, the 6th? Everyone else who pm'd me to say they're coming have said they can move to the 6th. So, Jobob, do we? Can you bear the pressure of the decision?

[CorsairMac]

*C'Mac chants in the background: do it Jobob, do it Jobob, do it Jobob!*

[jobob]

well gee, if you're going to be that way about it....

Sure

[SadieKate]

Please note the date change!!! This ride is now on March 6. All details remain the same but the date.

Thanks, Jobob and Yellow!

[Bike Goddess]

Hello everyone- I am a new registered user from Benicia. I happened on this forum as I was looking for comments about the Solvang century coming up next week (on Google) and Voila! I discover some of you are coming down my way to ride Pope Valley and Lake Berryessa. I was at Muscovite corner a couple of weeks ago with some the guys in my club- we went to the top of George and then came back down and home. So it looks like a right turn is the way you are planning to go- I've wanted to do that ride for some time but its a century from Benicia. I am doing a century in Merced on Saturday and was planning to ride somewhere Sunday. 45 miles sounds just about right. I may ride over from Joe's cafe in Rockville as they have a good parking lot there. We'll see. In any case I hope to meet you all Sunday! What a treat to ride with women!!

I am also registered in Cinderella as well as doing ALC4 in June.

Nancy- I ride a silver Jamis Quest.

[SadieKate]

Hi, Nancy! Welcome to the group. I got your PM and will respond.

Now that you've found the forum why don't you got to the "Getting to know you forum" and tell us about yourself! You'll find lots of stuff about those of us on the ride.

Sarah

[Veronica]

What a great ride and a fun group! It was a little warmer than expected, although when we were moving the red cashmere was great. I only felt hot when we were stopped. I wish I had taken pictures of some of the daffodils. They were beautiful. I gotta say Thom and I felt really good on the tandem. There were some hills that we just powered up. Last year as a team we didn't seem to get into as great shape and it's nice to start the season feeling pretty good.

Gerald was pretty amazing on that mountain bike. He stayed with us on most of the descents, pedaling while we were lazy and coasted. Jesse was pretty inspiring. Yellow REALLY does LOVE hills. I'm tired and need a shower and a pizza. Maybe I'll have more to say tomorrow. Maybe a picture or two...

V.

[SadieKate]

My fortune cookie was true! We had chinese last night and I ate one of the leftover cookies this morning. It said, "A thrilling time is in your immediate future." So true, so true today. Thank you, everyone, for joining us. The microwave timer just went off on the rest of the chinese food so I'm going to eat and nap, hopefully, in that order.

[jobob]

Glad you guys had a great time ! Lee and I went for a short ride today to enjoy the beautiful weather, and then I went into work to do some final preparations for my trip to DC tomorrow (where I gather it will be cold and rainy and possibly snowy ).
Some other time, I hope!

- Jo.

[SadieKate]

By the way, just to rub it in for those of you who missed the ride, I finally got one of Veronica's cookies. Actually two, but I earned it! They were sure yummy!

[Bike Goddess]

Thanks to all of you for a GREAT ride! It was so much fun to be with such a friendly group! I thoroughly enjoyed myself riding with you. I hope to be able to join you on another ride. If anyone is so inclined I would love to organize a ride from Benicia to the famous 3 Bears. We'll start and end in Benicia, going across the Carquinez Bridge. It's about 60miles total and maybe 3500 el gain. Lots of nice climbs and gorgeous scenery! Or, we could do Rockville via Cordelia, Green Valley Road, and then onto Gordon Valley and Mt George.

Let me know if any of this interests you and I will figure something out. Generally speaking I can only ride Sundays and Tuesdays (my days off- I work at Gump's in San Francisco, if you are ever there come say hello!).

Also, I forgot to ask- if anyone would like to sponsor me on the upcoming SF/LA AIDSLifcycle ride- raising money for AIDS programs- let me know and I will send you all the info. I'd love to have you on my team- I'll do the ride...you do the rest!!!

Meanwhile I hope to see you all soon!!!
Nancy

P.S. - I'll get my profile in soon as well as my name.

[Veronica]

I didn't take many.



L to R Kim, Jenny, Sarah, Sue, Veronica

V.

[CorsairMac]

Very nice V! Its nice to see faces to go with names! and that cashmere jersey! (you do know you can never retire that now don't you?)