Wine Country roll call?

[roguedog]

Go Jobob! Have a great time out there. Glad to hear you are well.

Tofu - no worries. But hey, it was a great day to wander around the wine country!

[maillotpois]

Rogue - did you have a good ride? I know the metric intersected at on stretch but I wasn't sure if you guys were at lunch as well at Lake Sonoma - I frankly couldn't figure out how they would get you up there and back in 62 miles. I should have looked at your map.

[Karma007]

Roguedog, glad you had a good time. I'm pretty crushed that I missed it. I think I was just suffering from exhaustion- I'd had a couple stressful weeks, and hadn't been taking care of my self very well. While I rode, I kept waiting for the fog to lift, and by the time I made it to the first rest stop, I just felt like it would it have been irresponsible to keep going. I went home, and slept most of the day. I'll try it again next year. I did meet a fascinating man at Carrow's Restaurant at 5am- he's 91 years old, and rides 480 miles per month- AWESOME!

[roguedog]

mp, it was an great day. thanks for asking.

hung out with friends and caught up. had some laughs and cheered each other up chalk hill. beautiful countryside.. that i could actually see this year! i wasn't fast and wished i coulda done chalk hill better n faster.. but hey.. you really can't ask for a better day overall. well, friend of mine that was doing the 200k crashed somewhere in the last 20 mile. he's a little beat up w/ scrapes but is ok. coulda done without that.

thought about you at lunch but there's no way to find ya (or your bike) in that sea of bikes. besides i'd figured you probably were already there and gone by the time we got there! ha.

shoulda been a gorgeous day to be out there for you 200k folks. bet it was lovely riding towards the ocean.

how was your ride, mp?

tofu - more important to take care of yourself so you can ride another day dunno what your take is but i ride for enjoyment. i may not be fast. i'm slower than molasses in feb going up any hill but i enjoy myself. if you're not enjoying yourself or you're worried about your well being, i think it was wiser to wait for another day. plenty of lovely riding days left in the year. heck sign up for the healdsburg harvest ride in july.. similar route in some parts.

jobob - well? did you roast out there on the grizzly? how was it?

[maillotpois]

Hey Rogue - I had a super ride, thanks for asking. I planned to ride w/2 women friends, 1 of whom is perfectly matched to me and the other is her double century partner this year. We were joined by another woman friend who I used to ride with 10 years ago and haven't ridden with in ages. so that was super fun.

Yeah the lunch stop was a little crazy. I think we got in there around 1, so I don't know if you were there or not. That headwind was so awful before lunch and I felt so crummy I really was considering cutting off the extra Dutcher loop. But a little rest and the thought of a tailwind after Dutcher and I sucked it up. It turned out that we all felt awful before lunch, but we just didn't say anything.

Hope your friend who crashed is ok. Glad you had fun.