Hey Slinke,

Well, I certainly know that one (budget)! I have to stop signing up for rides that are so far away! Especially with the gas costs going up every minute; at least for the most part we use DH's hotel points to cover the lodging. But, I really love Healdsburg and one of my oldest, dearest friends retired in OR and this is a ride we used to do together every year so I'm going no matter what! She's not up for the longer rides anymore so we're only doing the 37 but if for some reason, she doesn't end up going, I'll do the metric.

Another pretty nice ride coming up is the Strawberry Fields ride out of Aptos - I think its May 21st and they have a few ride length options. There is pie at the Gizdich apple farm in Watsonville and they have a nice country setting ~ you could make that one into a nice weekend too I'd actually like to do the metric of that one - still working on whether I can get DH to go along with me being gone yet another weekend.

okay, I'm blabbing!

T~