Dam Corners and Valleys road ride - Sat, May 19

[SadieKate]

Deja vu again. Based on the 2005 route (which means no Cobb Mtn),

-- The town of Winters (our starting pt) is mile 35.6
-- The dam is at mile 45.5.
-- Moskowite Corner is at mile 56.0. This is not a stop for the Dble riders but will be our group's re-fuel pt and the point at which we continue west and you turn north.

What time are you thinking of starting? Earlier than last year?

[maillotpois]

I started a response at the office this morning and then got absoutely buried in work. So I will try again...

Well, the first part of the ride is the same with or without Cobb (I am assuming Cobb is in this year still, though). I don't remember what time we started last year, probably 6:30. If the forecast looks anything like last Saturday (which Lee Mitchell was swearing it would be as he was taping a reaplcement rear light to my bike at 9 pm on Saturday) then I would like to start as early as possible. I am so OVER heat! (I know you Wildflower survivors can relate...)

So anyway that probably puts us there too early for you guys as I believe it did last year. I just really like starting these doubles as early as possible to finish in light and also (now) for heat avoidance.

[jobob]

I can so do without Cobb, thankyee kindly.

Altho Lee says that there was a sandwich shop in Middleofnowheretown where he had the best steak sammich ever.

Lee Mitchell was doing SAG on DMD? Wow that guy sure gets around!

[maillotpois]

Lee's tireless. I'll get my report out eventually, but he is seriously my favorite ever person after the 400k and DMD. At DMD (on Sierra), I asked him if I was th elast person and he was all chipper saying oh no "There are people scattered all up and down the mountain (Hamilton)." I'm not entirely sure he wasn't lying to me, but I love him anyway.

And he looks like a skinny Santa.

[SadieKate]

How does Lee ride without tires?

Posted by me on last year's thread:

Got up at 4:15 to get the gang moving. Delivered robo and V to the Davis Double about 5:20 where they met up with MP and Mr. MP

I also discovered that usn's doing the smarter route started in Winters at 7 am. We saw HotRod going up to the Dam (and the official AV greeting was born), we didn't see MP. I don't remember if we saw V. Both of them could have been stopped at the Dam rest stop.

[maillotpois]

You're so funny! (And it's so early that I looked at that and went "tires? whaaa?")

So I guess we started at 5:30 or 6 then. That sounds reasonable. These things are often not entirely up to me....

[jobob]

We saw HotRod going up to the Dam (and the official AV greeting was born).

Oh, that's right! We must commemorate the occasion in a suitably genteel fashion.

[Trekhawk]

Im a maybe. Its my youngest boys birthday on Sunday and Im still not sorted on which day of the weekend we are doing the party.
Oooh this is just after my bike fit session though so it would be good to give the bike a whirl and see how it feels.

[snapdragen]

Oh, that's right! We must commemorate the occasion in a suitably genteel fashion.

I maybe a tree planting would be in order....