A great century route through farmlands, wineries, and beautiful scenery
Those last three climbs were no fun
Cristin and David nearly ready to roll
John D and Sheila
Our fearless leader Jon K
The riders gathering for instructions
Art and Guy, couple of great guys
Another John on the ride
Jon K warning of the mountain lions and vulchers on the ride
Final ride instructions
Richard and David in rapt attention
Ken back on his geared bike prepping for his solo ride at Furnace Creek next month
John P. Lots of Johns and one Jon on the ride
Early in the ride warming up the legs
Richard (Mr Randonneur/Mr Long Distance) looking for a fast ride
John B pointing out the nails in the road
Shady Sheila
Jon and Cristin seem very happy even knowing there's 100 miles to go
They're off
Marcia and Tony
Big Bob S
Clyde and Russ cruisin' down Portola
David bringing up the rear
Or maybe Henry was bringing up the rear
There they go
The peloton chasing the breakaways
Nice views all day
Farms and mountains
The peloton churning out the miles
We weren't in this big group long
Mountains abound
Great home values on River Rd
Nice ranch on River
John D chasing down the leaders
John B waited on a few of us to shield from the wind
Wineries abound in the Carmel Valley
Pinkie near the grapes
Another great view
Grapes as far as you can see
Russ, the strongest rider out there by far
I need this guy's name followed by John B
Richard trailed by Ken and the rest of the breakaway pack
David following Cristin leading out for awhile
Ken - usually Mr Fixie
Farms, farms, everywhere farms
It's like watching grass grow. I mean just like watching grass grow.
I was hoping there was a way around this
Interesting geologic formations out there
The road ahead on Arroyo Seco
A view from Arroyo Seco
It was about 10AM but they open at noon, so no wine tasting this time
Turning right ahead
I wasn't feeling too great about now and my peeps are slipping away from me
I wasn't too pooped to snap
Turn left here
My salvation on the ride. Cookies, pastries, coke, gatorade, water. I felt much better about 30 minutes later.
Nice house shot from Cachagua
Trees
Trees on mountains
Sky Ranch Estates here
Down in the valley
House on a hill
It was nice to be here and not at the bottom on the way up
Taking a break while Paul figures out his front tire problem. My feet were killing me so no shoes during this maintenance break.
Paul studying holes in his tube
Ranch in the foothills
Probably good steaks here. Definitely good breakfast here.
