Wow - I just looked at my BJ entry. Woefully nondescript, huh? That's one of my resolutions for this year - give better BJ ride descriptions. It's funny but something I am dead serious about. When I couldn't ride last year, I would go back and read the journal and wished I had written more for the rides.

Well, that whole first part of that ride (after Patterson pass) was dead flat. We worked in a pretty fast group to slog through it all. I had a lot of fun. Rode mostly with Stacy. Once we crossed I - 5 into DP Canyon, some nice rolly climbs started. Towards the end - right before the Junction - there was a steeper climb, but it wasn't very long. From the junction to Livermore is always one of my favorite rides, though I recall a stiff headwind going back up that canyon.