Ed, Sue, Veronica, Sarah and Bill (we're on a slope, Bill is tall, but not THAT tall)



What an awesome time we had in Placerville yesterday! The scenery was just drop dead gorgeous. The company was outstanding. Sarah's new bike is purty! Mexican food was yummy. Thom enjoyed being outside and relaxing. He read the paper while waiting at various points on the climb. It was nice to not have to lug all our stuff. All in all a good day.

The default on my HRM monitor for altitude is 1000. I should figure out how to change that. This ride started right around 4,000 and went up to just under 7,000 in 17 miles. The average grade was about 3%. There were a couple of places where it kicked up a bit more. I'd guess 7 or 8%.
When I'd find myself breathing really hard (I gotta get out of the flatlands!) I'd just look around. The sky was such a deep clear blue. There were some clouds to make for interesting pictures. Hardly any traffic, since the road was closed when you got to the snow. It wasn't all climbing. There were some rollers in there to give you some relief (and make you work on the descent!)

The descent was rocking - except for those few places where you had to pedal. Nice pavement, no sharp corners.

Just a REALLY nice day.


Thom has to go to work (poor guy). We'll try to get the rest of the pictures up tonight.

V.