This was one of those rides that you plan out the small details on, and then have to deal with multiple monkey wrench gangs. But as far as I know, everything worked out! It started with Andy Schmidt letting folks know he would be visiting from PDX for Spring Break. Great says we, as he has hosted many a Southlander visiting up there, so lots of intentions to show a great ride down this way. After multiple ride options were discussed, including Santa Monica, downtown LA, San Bernardino mountains, and OC mountains, a plan was worked out to overnight in Joshua Tree National Park. A very unique and beautiful experience, especially for a guy visiting from the wet and green Pacific Northwest! Unfortunately I couldn't make, but was still part of the planning process. Hugh and Evan went there Friday to secure a camping spot for the group's Sat arrival. And of course, they get there and the "All campgrounds full" signs have been unfurled. Damn. They end up getting a room in town, and resort to Plan B. We go with the Redlands to Angelus Oaks climb and camping option and hope to get hold of Andy before he gets on the road to JT. My plans had changed enough that I could ride with them the first part and lead through town and up into the mountains. A beautiful overcast day, 20 degrees cooler than last weekend when we had the RSR! We fueled up with burritos for breakfast, and head out the back roads and bike paths to get to Hwy 38 leading up to the mountains. A beautiful ride till the point I had to turn around and head back down the hill. No flats, but some drivetrain mechanicals slowed us down a bit. The crew is somewhere in the mountains as I write this, hope to catch up with them for lunch sometime today and debrief the weekend's events!!!
First day pics showing how we do it down this way: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/sets/72157642763723203/ Cheers, David "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
