I wore my ALC10 $5000 Fundraiser jersey, then changed into my ALC11 Red Dress Day attire, while reminding folks at the opening season Atop the Canary (rooftop of Santa Barbara’s Canary Hotel).
Jared, Tom, and Marilyn Atop the Canary
Route: home>Treasure>Junipero>Biltmore>Carpinteria High School>Hwy 150>up Casitas Pass to summit>down other side to Lake Casitas Boat/Camp entry gates>turnaround and retrace back>lunch stop at Stacky’s Seaside in Summerland>home
Riders: Florence (to Gubernador), Jill and Tom all the way.
Dis: 63.2 mi, Av 12.4 mph, Mx 37.3 mph, Tm 5 hr 3 min, Oat 6 hr 45 min
Jill tells me, using my new 10-cog gear and a little practice I could nudge my 37.3 mph max up closer to 50 mph if I draft a semi truck like she has done!
Tom and Jill at Lake Casitas Boat/Camp entry, turn around point.
Route: home>up San Marcos and Painted Cave to the cave and back.
Riders: Gary & Tom
Dis: 26.0 mi, Av 9.4 mph, Mx 29.6 mph, Tm 2 hr 44 min, Oat 3 hr 30 min
This guy was rock climbing at 'Squeeze Rocks' just below the Painted Cave.
Dis…unavailable, cateye clitched….
Route: home>Tallant/Treasure MEET UP>Los Positas>Modoc>Hollister>Turnpike>Foothill>San Marcos>up to the first of the two ‘S’ switchbacks> turnaround> back via snack at Tucker’s Grove & on to home.
Riders: Andre’ and Tom
We agree that I will take triathlete Andre' "just to the lowest toe of San Marcos Rd" for a first time look. Well.....he goes half way up, first try!
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”