Dis 30.9 mi, Av 11.9 mph, Mx 30.7 mph, Tm 2 hr 35 min, Oat 3 hr 0 min
Route: home>Junipero/Calle Real>E. Mtn.>Ladera>EVR>Toro Cyn>Hwy 192>Gubernador loop>Foothill>Carp High>4444 Foothill Rd (chain broke), …picked up by Florence.
Riders: Tom
Bearded iris and California native plants in this Oak Park front yard.
Mailbox cyclist sculpture at East Mountain Drive residence.
Tom and the man, sprint finish.
Tom and broken chain await a ride.
Dis 27.6 mi, Av 7.7 mph, Mx 30.9 mph, Tm 3 hr 0 min, Oat 3 hr 0 min.
Route: home>Tucker’s Grove>San Marcos>Painted Cave>Painted Cave/E. Camino Cielo>turnaround>back home
Riders: Gary, Tom
Tom & Gary at entry to the painted cave.
Dis 35.4 mi, Av 10.7 mph, Mx 27.5 mph, Tm 3 hr 17 min, Oat 4 hr 0 min
Route: 8:30am Lv home>Coal Oil Point>home
Riders: Ashe, Tom
'Thar she blows!'....whale census takers at Coal Oil Point near UCSB. (Still too early to see the whale calves)
Dis 33.6 miles, Av 10.9 mph, Mx 28.1, Tm 3 hr 3 min, Oat 7 hr 3 min
Route: home> Turnpike Rd>home>Phyllis’ at Vista del Monte>Brent and Bob’s Carriage Hill (Bob’s Birthday Dinner Day)> Sharon Sumrall’s>Dennis Whelan’s San Ricardo St.>Earth Day Alameda Park>home
Riders: Dennis Whelan, Tom
Idea: manpower (cyclist) to run the fruit blender on the rear fender.
Drinking the results.....
Dis 55.3 miles, Av 12.9 mph, Mx 33.8 mph, Tm 4 hr 16 min, Oat 6hr 15 min
Route: home>Modoc>Hollister>Turnpike>Cathedral Oaks>MEET UP Glen Annie>C.O.>Hwy 101 North>Refugio via frontage road>up Refugio to the Circle Bar B Ranch>TURNAROUND>back to Ellwood/Hollister>Canon Green>UCSB>O’Bern Trail>Treasure>home
Riders: Matt, Tom
Matt at Circle Bar B Ranch
Vultures gathering as we approach the 20% descent alongside the llama and horse paddocks. Foreboding.
Tom under Rufus maximus trout, Marine Science building, UCSB campus.
Dis 21.0 miles, Av 10.0 mph, Mx 27.7 mph, Tm 2 hr 4 min, Oat 2 hr 4 min
Route: home>Treasure>Modoc>Hollister>Turnpike>C.O.>San Marcos Rd>turn around at Hwy 154 junction>SM>CO>Hope>home
Riders: Solo-Tom
At 8:00AM Sunday morning during a break between storms, I rode out to see the SNOW dusting the tops of all the coastal mountains (from all of Goleta’s little mountains, through La Cumbre Peak, to Ventura’s Mount Tora-Tora. Ran out of time at Hwy 154 and turned back before getting up into the snow level along Camino Cielo…Cars descending San Marcos passed with snow ‘loaves’ on their window/hoods. The strong wind gusts were more of a challenge than the cold temps and showers. I did get to visit donors Michael and Mark in their great home and 40+ year-old cactus garden.
Tom, somewhere (actually,…above the two hairpin turns ascending San Marcos Rd) ‘Over the Rainbow”
Dis Phase I: 56.6 miles from school and back, Dis Phase I & II: 66.0 miles includes from the school to Hwy 101\’s narrow bridge, Av 12.7 mph, Mx 33.2, Tm 5 hr 11 min, Oat 7 hr 15 min
Route: Vista de las Cruces School>up Hwy 1>LEFT on Jalama Road> to Jalama Beach>hamburger stop & turnaround>back to School for a food stop at the Volvo>South on Hwy 1 and Hwy 101 through Gaviota Gorge> just past the Vista Point turnout> end/pick up just before the ‘too narrow bridge’
Riders: Ashe, Cynthia, Florence, Kathy, and Tom
Breakfast time in Ashe’s garage before taking off.
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MEET UP at Vista de las Cruces School, near Hwy 1 & Hwy 101 intersection
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Jalama Beach, CA…..surfer’s heaven
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Kathy and Florence at the home of the Jalama Burger
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Cynthia & Ashe arrive at Jalama Burger
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Florence on her new Madrone, barrelling down grade at the Jalama Road wash out
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Tom at 66.0 mile end, saved before having to manuver the ‘too narrow bridge’ on Hwy 101…just south of the Vista Point turnout.
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Ashe’s photographs
Out they go…….
Approximately 180 letters to potential donors…..Go out.
It’s in the mail….(Click on letter to enlarge)
Dis 32.0 miles, Av 11.9 mph, Mx 28.1 mph, Tm 2 hr-44 min, Oat 3 hr-0 min
Rode out after stuffing ALC11 donor letters, to meet Ashe & the migrating-whale counters at Coal Oil Point.
Arriving at UCSB & Coal Oil Point
First time I wore the $5000.00 Fundraiser ALC10 jersey.
Dis 33.7 miles, Av 9.7 mph, Mx 34.9 mph, Tm 3 hr 27 min, Oat 5 hr 0 min
Rode with Jill, Kathy, and Florence and met John (tough hombre who must eat roofing nails…& rides three 200-mile rides a year).
Kathy, Jill, and Florence....snack near La Cumbre Peak Summit
John, Kathy, Jill, & Florence
John, California Triple Crown jersey....Tom, Wildflower Century jersey
Tom & 'Peace Out/Shut Up' Kathy...Lake Cachuma in the background.