It was wonderful, ladies!

Congratulations to Trek for making it very nearly all the way up - when we met up with you coming back, I think you were less than a mile away from the summit. That is a major accomplishment! Now you know you'll be able to do the whole thing next time.

And kudos to AG, who made it all the way to the top including, I might add, all the way up that nasty 17% incline to the upper lot. Lee made it all the way up to the parking lot too. And me, wellll, notsomuch .... I made it about 1/3 of the way and decided, nope, this ain't fun anymore, and I got off and walked And yet, I shall feel no shame

I was a little worried about the ride down, since so many cars passed us going up to the Summit, I thought it would be a steady stream on the way down too. But we encountered surprisingly few cars on the way down, so we basically had the road to ourselves The ride down is such a blast - AG confided that she was really worried about it, but you wouldn't know it riding with her - I suspect she was having fun, at least as we approached the bottom

Lordy, it was cold though - it was chilly to begin with, then when you factor in the wind chill generated by a 30 mph descent .... brrrr. But nothing a Latte at Starbucks couldn't cure!

I posted some photos here
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jophot...Uk2HCBJKjVYtCt

The photos don't capure how beautiful it is up there. It was a bit cloudy so visibily wasn't too great - someday I'll make it up there on a clear day!