Dam Corners and Valleys road ride - Sat, May 19

[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.

[jobob]

I hope you can make it, Leslie !

[SadieKate]

Cool. We're getting a nice little group.

[snapdragen]

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

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

[tprevost]

okay... still trying to figure out a way to tag along on this ride (even though its gonna KILL me!)....

What is everyone's best guess on how long we'll be riding and when we might be done w/dinner etc. (a realistic guess please ).... just trying to coordinate w/other stuff I wanted to do over that weekend

[jobob]

Gee, we have us a Social Butterfly !

Well, if we start at 7 am, and figure maybe about 5 hours riding time, perhaps 6 - 7 hours total (depending how much dawdlin' we do at Moscowite and over our peach smoothies at Coffee World) that would get us back into Winters around 1 to 2.

Not sure what time Steady Eddy's closes this time of year, I'd be up for going there afterwards if it's still open, but the pizza place is a good standby.

Doesn't the Putah Creek Cafe open fairly late afternoon, or am I confusing it with someplace else?


Oh and Trac', it won't kill you, I promise ! I had a bit of an achey back last time we did this ride, and there was a very easy bailout option to avoid Cantelow.

[tprevost]

Gee, we have us a Social Butterfly !

Well, if we start at 7 am, and figure maybe about 5 hours riding time, perhaps 6 - 7 hours total (depending how much dawdlin' we do at Moscowite and over our peach smoothies at Coffee World) that would get us back into Winters around 1 to 2.

Not sure what time Steady Eddy's closes this time of year, I'd be up for going there afterwards if it's still open, but the pizza place is a good standby.

Doesn't the Putah Creek Cafe open fairly late afternoon, or am I confusing it with someplace else?


Oh and Trac', it won't kill you, I promise ! I had a bit of an achey back last time we did this ride, and there was a very easy bailout option to avoid Cantelow.

7 huh? UGH!!!!! We'll probably go if we're gonna be done that early... 'course that means we have to leave at 4 or before I'll go find the last report and see which bike I should bring