The Plan: Wake up at 4:50am, have breakfast and roll out by 6:30am. Ride from Santa Cruz to King City. Log 109 miles.
The Reality: Woke up at 4:50am, had breakfast and rolled out by 6:30am. Rode 50 miles with a gradual weather change from misty fog to light showers to rain to what the heck? side-wind rain?!
Again, here is our photo log for your enjoyment. :)
It was a deceptively warm and dry morning in Santa Cruz.
Julio and Tomothy stand in tent city after a good night's rest, discussing the weather over a cup of coffee. "We better bring rain jackets."
While 2 doors down, Ben, Lori and Nick were having a completely different conversation. "It's not gonna rain is it?". "Nah, it's so warm out!"
Bag and tent drop-off in the morning. "Do you have everything. Sunglasses? Sunscreen? Helmet? Gloves?". Ben Ly benefits from the reminder. :)
Mile 16, Rest stop 1. Getting misty...!
Drowned rats by the time we get to Mile 40 at Rest Stop 2...
But we decided to tough it through and head to lunch!
10 miles later, the route closes at the Lunch Stop... Mylar blankets and black trash bags stop the shivers and soon inspire an impromptu fashion show on the "best" way to wear Mylar! Gotta love this ride. :D
We were then ushered (or corralled) to a local college student center where we waited for the buses.
A few hours later we were grateful and warm... Heading to King City. :)
The (+) sides: No one got sunburned today. Three of our Power Pedalers (Rockstars Brian Ellis, Dave Haya and Mike) managed to stay ahead of the crowd and bike all 109 miles! And it was one heck of an exciting day.
We just finished stuffing our happy faces and are turning in for the night. Cheers!
