May 27 daily ride reports :)

[wabisabi]

I was going to paddle today, but just don't have all of the gear together yet, and I am also a pretty fair weather paddler, and the water is still pretty high and cold.
t actually dawned pretty sunny today here, which was good, because today is the day of the world famous Kinetic Sculpture Race on the North Coast!!! It consists of human powered vehicles that make a 45 mile or so ride, including up sand dunes and through part of the Bay. It takes three days in all. Needless to say,not all make it, but they all involve very inventive uses of bicycles!!

They are accompanied be many supporting cyclists in, uh, creative garb. They circle our town plaza 3 times and then head out through farmland to the ocean side to great cheering and a huge crowd. I rode with some of them for a while as they headed out through the farmland. Saw some amazing bicycles, including one that is yellow about 9 feet tall, and I've seen the rider climb up onto the peddles with a full cup of coffee! These are a few of the vehicles. A great time was had by all, and I decided to ride a 35 mile loop I do, once again asking the question: How is it that you can have a headwind BOTH ways???