Nov 9th Sunday rides

[RolliePollie]

Kudos to you on those hills, Lisa! My nemesis hills are still hard and still painful, but they're better than they used to be.

I thought the weather here was supposed to improve as the day went on, but by early afternoon we were overcome by a low flying cloud (totally different than fog ) so I drove down to Placerville where I thought it would be a lot warmer and maybe even sunny. It sort of wasn't, but it was better than at my house so I did a 22 mile ride which took 2 hours because there are lots of slow hills (like 5 mph) on this particular loop. I wasn't expecting the traffic to still be so bad from Apple Hill. There were a few miles of good climbing where it was basically like a curvy 2 lane freeway with no shoulder...that was scary. Normally that stretch of road is pretty deserted. At one of my left turns which also happens to be the site of a popular Apple Hill ranch, I actually got off the bike and walked across the street and past their parking area. I'm sure I would've been hit if I tried to ride through the traffic jam. So, I guess what I'm saying here is that I didn't have that great of a ride! But at least I got to ride.

Oh, and one other thing...wet acorns are slippery. I wouldn't recommend running over them. I don't know how I stayed upright when at one point my front tire bumped up onto a huge wet acorn and then slid off. I thought I was going down. But I didn't!