Recharging my phone at the Lompoc Civic Center
The Chicken Lady
Met up with friend Gail from Lompoc at Visitor Check In table
The Chicken Lady’s dinner attire.
Sea of tents seen from over porta potty roof line.
My Truck “N” loaders on Red Dress Morning
Here I come!
A low mileage, restful, fun day.
Total miles traveled: 390.9 (72% of total route). Miles to go : 150.4 (28% of total route). Elevation gain: +2009 ft / – 2121 ft
A low mileage, restful, fun day.
Total miles traveled: 387.9 (73% of total route). Miles to go : 144.4 (27% of total route).
Tom’s Actual: Dis 41.3 miles, Av 13.5 mph, Mx 31.1 mph, Tm 3 hr 32 min, Oat 4 hr 45 min
Got out of Santa Maria camp at 7:45am, Arv camp 5 at 12:30pm. Charged iPhone at Lompoc entry restroom building.
Got into River Park Ryon Memorial Park Lompoc camp 5 at 12:30 (under 5 hours , rider #112 arriving into camp).
A low mileage, restful, fun day.
Total miles traveled: 387.9 (73% of total route). Miles to go : 144.4 (27% of total route).
Tom’s Actual: Dis 41.3 miles, Av 13.5 mph, Mx 31.1 mph, Tm 3 hr 32 min, Oat 4 hr 45 min
Got out of Santa Maria camp at 7:45am, Arv camp 5 at 12:30pm. Charged iPhone at entry restroom building.
Got into River Park Lompoc camp 5 at 12:30 (under 5 hours , rider #112 arriving into camp).
Wonder Woman Shelly Brayton took a break from TRL leading, in order to work the O-P gear truck.
At lunch stop Ryon Park, friend Gail Clark greeted riders and passed out Lompoc hot spot directory info.
Saw Dr. “Heels”…this year : black stilettos with cleats .
Shark man’s feeding ground was around another gear truck.
Lunch dance & games.
Tom and Gail, Ryon Memorial Park, Lompoc.
Salute, coming into camp 5, River Park, Lompoc.
Maisee & Karen, Santa Barbara based cyclists, enter camp 5.
Fellow Santa Barbara training ride leader, Robert Vasquez in line for dinner.
I set up my tent on the lake shore. Yay, a 7:15pm bedtime to the sounds of ducks and waterfalls.
Assembled the Red Helmet (yes, definitely a task better done the night before), dressed, and got on the road. Weather a bit on the cool side, so started with non-red outer layers to keep warm (Leg warmers, Patagonia vest, long sleeve shirt. As the day progressed, the layers never came off. Red did not show on Tom all day, until setting up the tent in camp. Good day as far as no winds and no aches or pains. Tented off the grid, at lake front plot. There were sounds and sights of frogs, ducks, and geese. Next year, stake out the East lake front grove. Ate two dinners.
Dis 43.1 miles, Av 12.3 mph, Tm 3 hr 30 min, Oat 5 hr 30 min
Total miles traveled 397.0 (73.2% of total route)
Dropping off our bags, before the day’s ride.
Two minutes ago she still wore red high heels, while working the ramp all morning.
Don’t know any of these folk, hooded or not.
Lobster in the breakfast line.
Shelley Brayton, alias Wonder Woman, also answers to the name of Michael’s sister.
Jack and Martin arrive in camp parking.
Keep an eye on those shoes and hems.
Cantilever bicycle heels, …what did you expect?
Poodle dresses….
Is that a ‘No way is it going to fly’ voice I hear?
And we have ‘Blast off’…..a successful launch.
Red riders, seen as the AIDS red-ribbon symbol,….a bit stretched out , but still a moving red ribbon.
Dis 43.1 miles, Av 14.2 mph, Mx 40.4 mph, Tm 3 hr 1 min, Oat 4 hr 30 min, Lv SM 7:30AM, Arv Lompoc 1200 noon
Don’t leave your tent unzipped as ducks have been known to enter open tents in River Park!
Morning drop-off of bags & tents at the gear trucks.
Two early risers.
Indian red headdress, at Rest Stop 1 – mile 9.6, Pioneer Park.
Indian cyclist and Tom.
Bride and Tom, Rest Stop 2 – mile 22.0, Marshallia Ranch Golf Course
Swings at bicycle parking area, Camp 5…River Park, Lompoc.
Dis 43.8 miles, Av 11.8 mph, Mx 44.2 mph, Tm 3 hr 41 min, Oat 6 hr 30 min
Left Santa Maria 8:00AM, Arrived Lompoc 2:30PM
This year they routed us in from the north west to Lompoc, yea…much better, we avoided afternoon headwinds.
Short day, actually some hard climbs…
Three Carmen’s and a Dolly
Jamie (in neon green windbreaker) and Morning Stretch Group
Debrah, Jennie, Jamie, Peter, &; Sandra
Jamie, Tom, &; Jennie
Johnnie in his ‘first red dress’
morning loading at the gear trucks
…this season presents a delicately draped evening ensemble.. featuring silver beaded bodice…..
Kindly give our stewadesses your attention, while they explain the use of the plane’s air masks, in case of emergency….
And in the Center Ring, our Mistress of Ceremonies…….
Foursome outside the Dining Tents, (I don’t know these folks…)
Yes, 5″ heels with bicycling cleats. Yes, he peddled the whole day in them.
Tom, yellow Marigold flower growing fields, Lompoc, CA.
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)
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