Sunday July 30 - Oakland Hills ride

[tomgrrrl]

I would have loved to join you guys, but have the kiddo tomorrow....might take her on a tandem ride now that things have cooled off....hope you have a great ride. I did that loop last Tuesday and it's such a beautiful ride....

[bikerz]

Oh, too bad Ellen - maybe next time! Have fun with your kidlet! Isn't this fog wonderful?

[tomgrrrl]

yes indeed....I rode Tam today and was very happy. I eventually rose "above" the fog and actually saw sunshine, but the cool breeze was great. I'd tried to ride Tam last Sunday, but gave up due to the heat......there is a reason I live here and it's not for the heat!!! :-)

[bikerz]

I hear ya! Today's Monterey ride was cool, foggy, misty pretty much the whole way and I was loving it!

[Trek420]

Sorry TE gals, Mae (my mutt) felt it was her job to wake me up at least three times with crazy nutso barking last night. Preventing the home invasion by squirrels perhaps?

End result I'm tired, was going to clean and lube the bike before going ... I'm tired. I don't think I can get going in time, I'll probably head to the dojo.

Next time for sure!

[bikerz]

Well, Sarah, Amy and I had a lovely climb up Old Tunnel Rd, and then, due to my tired legs, and what felt like remarkably warm and humid weather, we just carried on a bit to watch the gasping faces of the folks coming up Pinehurst, then returned home for a total distance of 10 miles or so.

I love this ride in its entirety, but unfortunately there's no way to shorten it - once you're out there, turning back is steeper than continuing. So thanks SadieKate and Dachshund for not minding a shorter loop - we'll do it again sometime, when I'm not pretending it's a recovery ride!

[SadieKate]

I had such a good time - short ride or not. New friends, old friends, friend's ride routes, new territory, temperate ocean breezes, lovely lunch. Thanks.

Now as long as Sickie didn't do too much sharing.