I AM a chicken... Cali hates cold... I hate rain! LOL. Sounds like you had a decent ride other than the flats... Last year people were flatting like crazy from those goathead thorns all over the place... We also got lost last year (we were riding with Homey and his son... Homey finally realized we were off track!) and ended with 109...

sorry I missed you and hopefully we'll get to meet another time...