I love reading all these stories. Great job, everyone! I didn't have my camera with me but DH might have snapped a couple of shots. If any of them turn out I will post them.

Next organized ride for us will probably be the Summits of Bothell
We were going to ride that too, but they aren't holding it this year. Their webpage says it will be back in 2010. I think DH and I are just going to ride that route self-supported sometime in August anyway, because the steeps will be good training for a nasty ride we have coming up in September.

Good luck on RAMROD! Did both you and your husband get in?
Yeah, I got in on the waitlist, and since I didn't want to suffer alone, I managed to nab DH one of the last tickets that RCC sold on eBay. He was not altogether pleased about that, but he's resigned to riding with me now. I think he'll be happy about it in the end because we've done so much riding this season that this year we'll be in shape for it. Who knows if we'll get this much ride time in next season.

Now, I just need my STP saddle sores to heal enough in the next couple weeks that I can put in another 11-or-more-hours-in-the-saddle type of day.