Friday check-in at Cantina del Cabo |
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First photo of the day. This was before we learned that the
first half of the course was closed. |
Mojo Cosgrove at the
first rest sto (our first of two visits to the Farnham home) |
First gratuitous shot of
the day of the Campy Only Guy |
Read my hands separately:
two and four, for my 24th Davis Double. I've only missed it once
(1984) since 1983 |
Rest Stop 1 |
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Mike Crago Schneider and
his wife, Suzanne are longtime DC riders. This year, they worked
the rest stop |
Heading up the Capay
Valley. Going backwards on the course provided a new perspective |
Somehow, amazingly, the
Guinda rest stop opened hours early--we shouldn't have been
arriving here for another 8 hours or so |
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Lynn Katano, looking
happy in Guinda, Part 1 |
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Riding toward Cache Creek |
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A slight uphill that is
usually a downhill |
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Climbing another
"downhill" section |
Entering Lake County |
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Second gratuitous shot of
the day, at the Resurrection rest stop. |
This stop was later moved
across the road and up the hill to the usual location--for the
morning, it was at the "Oasis" roadhouse |
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Almost the last hill
before lunch. We would descend this later |
Check out the map, with
the front part of the course scribbled out |
Checking out the route
sheet--13 more miles (mostly uphill) to the turnaround on Cobb
Mountain |
Yet another shot of the
lunch at Clearlake. We stopped here twice--once out and once
back. |
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At the turn to Loch
Lomond |
Fresh course markings for
the revised route kept us going in the right direction |
Starting the Cobb
Mountain climb |
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It wasn't a mirage--pink
flamingos guarding the Cobb Mountain rest stop, the halfway
point on the ride |
Riders arriving at Cobb
Mountain. |
Cobb Mountain rest stop |
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Back at "lunch"
for the second time, Mojo and Peter rest. |
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Catching some Zs in
Clearlake |
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Joe from Wheelworks was
among the volunteer mechanics who helped keep the bikes on the
road |
First summit after lunch. |
Peter follows the Diesel
(he usually leads) |
No more rest stop
here--it had already moved up the hill |
Climbing the last stretch
to Resurrection |
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There is Lee Mitchell's
van! |
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Three Big Fix alumni--Mojo,
Peter, and Eric. We all rode the DC fixed |
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Great bottled water--and
a Rivendell |
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Cristin won our award for
most color-coordinated |
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Back in Yolo County |
Guinda Rest Stop, Part 2.
Weren't we just here? |
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Leaving Guinda, the Big
Fix guys caught this great tandem--thanks for the pull! |
Cache Creek Casino,
seemingly bigger ever year |
Farnham Home, Part 2 |
Helpful notes |
Last ride photo, on the
long, straight finish |
Finished! We ate and
drank and rested. |
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