grand tour century challenge ride report!

[maillotpois]

Great dog party pics. I am such a dog harlot. My dog is jealous.

[caligurl]

you should hear me on rides.... "HI PUPPY!" to every dog i pass that is being walked! lol! (no... i don't say hi to the ones that are loose! i tell them "go home!")

[maillotpois]

you should hear me on rides.... "HI PUPPY!" to every dog i pass that is being walked! lol! (no... i don't say hi to the ones that are loose! i tell them "go home!")

OMG! I do the same thing! This weekend on our ride, we had to ask owners if we could approach their car so we could pet the wonderful puppy girl inside!!

You and I should not ride together! I also talk to the cows, sheep and goats!!

[emily_in_nc]

Congratulations!!! 122 miles? You rock! Looks like a gorgeous ride! Thanks for sharing the pictures!

Emily

[caligurl]

Congratulations!!! 122 miles? You rock! Looks like a gorgeous ride! Thanks for sharing the pictures!

Emily

thank you emily! look at you in your avatar on your mtb! YOU GO GIRL!

[bikerchick68]

oh man... you were having SO much more fun than we were!

sounds like it was a great ride... did this go right by Magoo Rock? Looks like the same stretch of highway there by the ocean... there's always a TON of motorcyclists out there making noise... sigh... of course, riding with Kahuna, no one messes with me He's not especially SMALL! LOL

We got the entire interior of the house painted... I was at Starbucks at 6:30am Sat and painting by 7am! Saw some cyclists out and about as we drove to the new house and wondered if they were doing the double but no numbers or bands that we could see... I was REALLY glad it never got too hot... here at home the heat moved in and it was over 100 the whole weekend... I woulda DIED trying to paint in that kinda heat...

anyway, tile is ripped out, carpet gone, inside painted and BKD is now in the process of putting in wood flooring... no riding for me, but I'm whooped anyway!

Brie is beautiful! And MP, I had to laugh about greeting the sheep... from experience I can tell you that in Ireland, sheep do not respond to "Move!, shoo, git" or anything else you can think to yell... so if you ride there, prepare to swerve around the sheep sized obstacles all over the road! LOL

[redhot3368]

Contratulations Caligurl!!!!
That IS AWESOME!!
You are an inspiration!!

Karen

P.S. I LOVED climbing Stunt, but the downhill on Piuma was SCARY!!
It was SOOO Foggy, I could hardly see....major white knuckling going on!!

[emily_in_nc]

thank you emily! look at you in your avatar on your mtb! YOU GO GIRL!

Thanks! Just wait til I get a picture of me on my NEW mountain bike!

(end thread hijack...)

Emily

[caligurl]

OMG! I do the same thing! This weekend on our ride, we had to ask owners if we could approach their car so we could pet the wonderful puppy girl inside!!

You and I should not ride together! I also talk to the cows, sheep and goats!!

*whispers* so do i... i don't think hubby talks to them like i do... but he sure does take pics of them! lol!

[chartman64]

I'm SO impressed and inspired by your ride! Congratulations - and just, wow! I noticed you said you'd done this last year too and were able to go slightly faster this time -- how long did it take you to work up to being able to do that?

you should hear me on rides.... "HI PUPPY!" to every dog i pass

I do, too! And sometimes I don't pass; can't resist, gotta stop and say hi and get kisses, if they're being offered. I love 'em all, but especially the big guys. Your Brie looks very huggable! I've got a pair of Australian Shepherds (Preston and Cuchulain) that welcome me home from my rides.