Still having difficulty with the app on my phone

will publish bits and photos out of chronological order and edit upon return.
Jamie was taking time for lots of photos, more details to come,

Day Zero, Volunteers, Roadies and Riders

Disclaimer... trouble with using iphone for Google blog. I’ve heard Google and The Fruit don’t always play nice. Makes it difficult to blog on the road. May have duplicate photos, etc.

We had a great turn out of Volunteers to help get 3000 participants ready to ride out Day 1.

Team members waiting in line for safety video, sun is out. 

Jan and Jamie, both Electric Estimators at Concord RMC. 

Keith and Tom, returning Roadies will be working Traffic again .

Riders, Jan, and Mike all the way from Bakersfield.

Rhenz came as a volunteer and registered on the Power Pedalers team for 2020.

Roadies, Riders, and PGE Volunteers for the day managed to get together for group photo.

Volunteers in white shirts. Glori, Becky, Russell & Arash.

Team, Ike, David, Leo, Larry, Taylor

Jan, Emilia, Jamie

Riders, Ike, Valerie, Jamie & Jan (the photographer asked for goofy)

Last pre ALC team ride 40 miles

Glad for the break in the rain. 40 very windy miles but 1/2 was lovely tail wind. Jamie, Jan and Ike were the only ones available.

Jan, Ike, Sally, Jamie, as we head out.

Ike made it up our little climb 1st.

We usually stop to regroup and rest on this driveway at the top of the hill.

Not sure if it's owner or caretaker hosing off the driveway. 

We took this shot since there is a PG&E cone by him at the middle of the driveway.

Jan teaching the top.

This was Jamie’s 1st time up Collier. 

After the ride we got together to share upcoming ride suggestions and packing tips.

Packing is quite an ordeal. You can only have one bag, <70lbs. and it needs to be big enough to hold sleeping bag and pad, all your clothes for riding, as well as cold evenings in camp, shower stuff, etc.

Needs to be hauled (rolled on heavy duty wheels) for quite a distance, from where the gear trucks are, to your spot on the tent grid.

Spring Training

We are just 3 weeks out from our week long adventure. This year has been a hard one for training because of all the rain.
Ike Onwurah is our newest team member.

 Jason, Ike, Jan, Valerie and Sally before we rode out.             

 Valerie, Ike and Jan in Livermore on a team training ride in April.

Valerie & Ike coming up hills. Easy to catch a photo when they are going slower.

Fall training team training rides

Three new team members this year (so far)

On the right, Valerie and Jamie, 1st training ride with other PG&Ers.

AM sweep team from 2018, 4 PG&E team members.

Mike, another new team member & Jan, San Ramon training ride.

Wheels for Meals, PG&E & familia

Our 7th year doing this ride with friends, family and co-workers.
14 riders -17 miles
14 riders -40 miles
1 rider -65 miles
3 volunteers
Raised >$8,500!

Back row: David, Jerry, Rick, Nancy, Zoe, Stephanie, Kevin, Jason
Front row: Jan, Laurie, Kyla

I was hoping the pro photographers would post the shots

of our team that I know they took. But they never appeared.

Here are some of the ones that did though.

Neeru, Rick, Jason, Julie, Lloyd, Jan

Lloyd & Julie, their 1st Wheels ride

Neeru before the ride. She rode >40 miles, longest of her life so far.

David rode with the 17 milers, the only one to get a finish photo.
I love their kabobs, always so yummy & I got extra too.

Canary Challenge

We only had 3 riders from PG&E this year. Hoping for more next year. Lot of perks with this event. Free stuff including photos from professional photographers. Hot breakfast & food truck tickets for lunch. Free coffee truck, all the bottled drinks you can imagine, well stocked rest stops and SAG support. Canary Challenge is the world's first nonprofit dedicated solely to the funding, discovery and development of test for early cancer detection.
for early cancer