Beach(es) Ride Between Storms

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Dec 232010
 

Dis 27.1 mi, Av 12.2 mph, Tm 2 hr 17 min, Oat 2 hr 45 min

‘Where’s the Beef?”

Ashe discovered his open saddle bag…missing a phone, camera, and money! So we rode back and found them still on the kitchen table.

We rode to Leadbetter Beach, Hendry’s Beach, through Hope Ranch & out to Goleta Pier Beach.

Tom on the way to Goleta Beach!!

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Tom & Ashe, Goleta Pier

Where Tom practiced his running, flying mount….(not something for novices to try).

Speed mounting...

We returned via the O’bern Trail bridges.

Wet….leaves everywhere….sound of running creeks….leg warmers….Must be Christmas !

Motorcycle Escorts

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Dec 122010
 

Dis 34.3 mi, Av 10.0 mph, Tm 3 hr 7 min, Oat 3 hr 30 min

Rode with Ashe:

Monterey St. > Santa Barbara Mission> Sheffield Resevoir > Mountain Drive > down San Ysidro Rd. > East Valley Rd. > down Toro Canyon Rd. >Hwy 192 >

turnaround at Carpinteria High School/Boys & Girls Club >

bike path > Padaro/Santa Claus Rd. underpass > Motorcycle group headed out > Biltmore Hotel/Butterfly Beach > Motorcycle group again joined up along downtown State Street > Monterey St.

Sunny warm weather felt closer to Easter than Christmas….

Photographer Ashe, Mountain Drive, Montecito…above Sheffield Resevoir

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Later in the day Tom runs with the Big Dogs along Santa Claus Lane (Click to watch the video)

Turkey Day Ride

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Nov 252010
 

Rode on Thanksgiving morning. Cold weather, (leg warmers, three layer torso, and wool gloves over the biking gloves. Out to Carpinteria High School and back. Great clear sky, & people enjoying the East Beach Grill and Butterfly Beach.

Dis 29.8 mi, Av 11.3 mph, Tm 2 hr 37 min, Oat 3 hr 15 min (8:30 to 11:45am)

East Beach Grill, Santa Barbara

Butterfly Beach, Montecito

BACARA LOOP

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Nov 142010
 

Ashe & I rode the Bacara Loop. Starting at La Cumbre Jr. High>out O’bern trail>UCSB>Los Caneros>Cathedral Oaks>Bacara >head back via Hollister>Glen Annie>Cathedral Oaks back to town.

Dis 34.1, Av 12.3

Tom & hard boiled egg

Ashe's Food break, Cathedral Oaks Rd.

ALC10 Kickoff Party Oct 16th

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Oct 132010
 

Ride:

Below is the invitation for a Santa Barbara get together SAT. OCT 16th, 4-6PM. I

Directions: from Alameda Padre Serra & Moreno Road,  go UP Moreno Rd, RT onto Lasuen Rd, STRAIGHT on San Carlos Rd, Right onto Mission Ridge Rd, Left onto E. Las Tunas after 25 mph sign, Second house on Right (1826 E. Las Tunas Rd) Park on street E. Las Tunas or Mission Ridge

Day 7 — Ventura to Los Angeles — Closing Ceremonies

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Jun 122010
 

The last leg of the the ride, down the coast along Malibu and in through Santa Monica to the Los Angeles Vets Center, where Closing Ceremonies occur.
Day 7 Ventura to LA, Closing Ceremonies
7:30am rode out. Into LA Vets Center at 2:00pm, Dis 61.0 mi, Av 13.1 mph, Tm 4hr 38 min, Oat 6hr 30min
Missed the 6:00am route opening (other days it has been 6:30am),
got out of camp closer to the 8:00am deadline.
Chicken Lady gets us up and going this last morning.

San Buenaventura State Beach campground, concrete silo restrooms in the morning light at ride out.

Morning light on the familiar concrete silos at Buenaventura Beach

Chicken Lady lays an egg on 2,200 saddles the morning of Day 7.

Chicken Lady’s 2,000 eggs, awaiting riders

This week you were a resident of the road. A conqueror of fear. A master of hills. An owner of love. A lover of life. A dream maker. A pursuer of dreams. A hero of the world. An angel on earth…..Love, Chicken Lady, ALC9

Cal Trans may have repaved most of Hwy 1 through Malibu this year the traffic, parked cars, road surfaces were all better than ever I enjoyed the stretch. At the rest stops, this being the last day, the crew gave out whole bars, instead of halves, of my favorite Crack bars (graham crackers sandwiching peanut butter and jelly filling). Along San Vicente Blvd. I snagged a muffin hand off from a bystander ate it, licking white marshmallow frosting off my bicycle glove.
Maryann at the Vet Center before Closing Ceremonies

Maryann Murphy before Closing Ceremonies, Los Angeles CA.

Luckily I got a spot near the riderless bicycle procession during Closing Ceremonies.
Afterwards, Ashe found me. I found my luggage.
We loaded the Volvo, drove home, stopping in Malibu for food.
I was in my own shower & bed by 7:30pm, luggage strewn around the room.
Another fantastic year!

Day 6 — Lompoc to Ventura — via Santa Barbara & Paradise Pit

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Jun 112010
 

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Today, we descend through Gaviota Pass gorge, and see friends in Santa Barbara (my hometown), where Rod Lathim and folks setup the Paradise Pit rest stop.
Day 6 Lompoc to Ventura
7:15am rode out, Cal Trans opened Hwy 101 Vista Point bridge to ALC9 riders at 9:30am. Into camp 6 at 5:15pm, Dis 87.7 mi, Av 14.0 mph, Tm 6hr 14 min, Oat 10hr 0 min

Recalled last year’s ride rained out Day 6, and we were bussed through Santa Barbara.
This year, I arrived at the CHP routine closing at mile 25.9 just as they opened the Vista Point bridge. From Tucker’s Grove, at mile 47.2, I carried my lunch sandwich onward to join Phyllis Anderson, Carol Preston, Ashe Coutts, Lynn Hurley, Jen Shaw, Rebekka and Claire Putnam at their picnic alongside Los Positas Road.

Jen Shaw & Lynn Hurley Santa Barbara CA.

 

Lauren Hawksworth, Tom, & Kim Liscombe at Paradise Pit Santa Barbara CA.

 

Tom & Thom Finni, at Paradise Pit

 

Tom, Mark Bennett, & Otto at Paradise Pit

 

Marilyn Makepeace & Tom at Paradise Pit

 

Steve Dawson & Tom at Paradise Pit

 

Angels & Tom at Paradise Pit

 

Jim & Sallie Dougherty of the Lobero Theatre Foundation, & Tom outside Stacky\’s Seaside in Summerland CA.

 

Lunch II, Stacky\’s Seaside Summerland CA.

Day 5 –Santa Maria to Lompoc — Red Dress Day!!

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Jun 102010
 

Today’s ride was from Santa Maria to Lompoc. About 10 miles after leaving Santa Maria I passed some paramedics helping one of our cyclists who had fallen with what appeared to be a head injury. Hopefully, all will turn out well.

The Red Dress outfits were great. I took lots of pictures and movies in camp and throughout the day. Check back here in the coming week when I have the time and technology to post some.

More winds today with very strong head winds along Santa Rosa Road as we were approaching Lompoc, so much so that I was even having to pedal hard, head down, on the downhill sections.

Tomorrow we ride through Santa Barbara and I will be able to see some friends and very familiar roads.Day 5 Santa Maria to Lompoc 7:00am rode out. Into camp 5 at 2:40pm, Dis 65.3 mi, Av 12.2 mph, Tm 5hr 20min, Oat 7hr 40minrn(head wind from mile 50 through mile 65)

Red Dress Day

Clue, first thing, dropping off the tent and luggage at the truck, this was no ordinary day!

Truck G crew, Day 5, Red Dress Day

 

air in the tires, a morning ritual

What’s this, the Sisquoc Store is for sale?

A favorite stop, although there are not many other choices around this part of the woods.

Sunlit, clear, mild weather…through beautiful Foxen Canyon. A prim doyen in red suit, white gloves & pearls ushered cyclists into a winery rest stop.

Bear to your left, and mind the exiting traffic, …dearies.

 

Ok, now back to work!

 

Church and cemetary on upper Foxen Canyon Road, Santa Ynez CA.

 

Colt rolling and frolicking in the meadow at Alamo Pintado Rd. miniature horse farm

rnrn//rnTurning west onto Santa Rosa Road, strong headwinds made for plodding … crunched pedals to make headway going down hill. The headwind lasted most of the way into camp. It was a hard day’s work.rnrnps. At dinner the man next to me said he has paramedic training and had been one of the first to come upon the morning accident (It was one of the worst he had seen.) Possibly clothing had caught in the front wheel, cartwheeling the woman and bicycle, she may have landed on her head (was wearing a helmet) and seemed to be unconscious for 4 minutes, possibly suffered a concussion. Awaiting the ambulance, a FedEx sponsor/escort truck parked in the traffic lane to shield her. She was talking and had opened her eyes when I passed. I don’t know how it turned out.

This is what I wore most of Day 5

 

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