Starting my adventure

Spent last night in Oakland so I would not be stressed
needed to be at the airport by 5am ;(

I'm in Salt Lake City waiting for my flight to
Minneapolis where Rita will pick me up. We have time to visit and
Spend time with Amy who also rode the Sourthern
Tier with us last year

Bon voyage

John and I cycled the "Occidental Loop" it's a 38
mile route through some of the most beautiful scenes
in West County. It was a bit chilly but a very enjoyable day,very casual with stops for snacks and photos.
And it was my last ride before packing and shipping my bike to Fargo ND

A Wednesday ride

A very hot day in the 90's. Yikes
40 miles of gorgeous Sonoma County roads!

a few days later

top of Dutcher Rd

beautiful sonoma county

We had lunch at the Eagle .... there's Jackie, Robin, Carole, Barbara and me.
I was going to ride 53 miles but I got this painful stitch in my side after lunch and had to stop
by then it was raining..... it was time to stop but I still got in 43.6 miles.
everyone else got in more miles but they also got soaked

all in all a very good ride

Susan's birthday ride

I met up with the Local Bike Club and did a 50 mile ride with Susan and Sunny.... we stopped for flat tire repairs and the rest of the club took off.... we had a great time
enjoying the wind, hills, gorgeous scenery and sticky buns at the bakery.... yummy

updating after a long layoff

I arrived in Oregon on Mar 13 and immediately came down with bronchitis..... that put me off from training for my "tour" for most of the month that I stayed there. I am back in Calif and relieved to be here...... not only was I sick in Oregon but my little truck cost me almost a $1000. in repairs..... I also sold my RV and moved everything into storage..... yipee......
I decided to move out of Oregon because it seems that I have too many health problems.

anyway I am fully into my training again!

another 50 mile ride :)

Kelli and I drove up to Windsor and rode with the Aidslifecycle group. Only 6 of us
showed up on this cool day. Robert, Stephen, Sarah, Kelli and Richard......We rode up Chalk Hill and along Alexander Valley up to Geyserville for lunch and further north to Asti
then back to Windsor..... it was a fast clip for me and at the end of the day I had averaged
12.4 miles an hour..... woweee, I was happy with that.

the Brooks saddle is really working out nicely for me.

Im traveling back to Oregon next Sat and will be up there for a month. I hope to
continue riding but I may be doing some spin classes if the weather is poor