2009 – AIDS/LifeCycle 8
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Jun 072009
Day 7 – Ventura to Los Angeles
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Jun 062009
Ocean view lunch stop, Malibu Bluffs baseball fields across PCH from Pepperdine College
Riding thru Brentwood & LA
Arriving at LA Vets Memorial Hospital grounds, San Vicente Blvd. and Eisenhower Ave.
Jen with flowers and cowbell awaiting ‘newbie’ friend’s arrival, Tom salivating over hamburger
Kneeling Nanette & Tom; rear Gina, Tom, Rich, Norman, & Betsy
Orientation Speaker/Cyclist Beverly & Tom
Closing ceremonies
Chicken Lady & Tom going to luggage claim area, then homeward bound for R & R
Day 6 – Lompoc to Ventura
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Jun 052009
Rich, Gina, & Betsy in mylar blankets. rain, a collision ahead on hwy 1, and the CHP ordered all riders halt at rest stop #1 or back in Lompoc Camp.
Baked potatoes under cover
Diva Dan, co pilot on ‘bus-diva-licious’, offering treats
Passsenger crowned as ‘Miss Diva’, holding the whirling scepter
Bagged lunch served to the first wave off the buses.
“Where are my luggage and tent?……
……they’re tagged #F078.”
Clothes and Tom dry out.
“Ah, hot shower-trailers…”
Dinner’s served,…. vegetarian (Bob Mohme in hoodie & baseball cap) or carnivore line?
“Pick a table near the big screen….”
By morning of Day 7, Chicken Lady has laid a fortune egg on 2,000 bikes….!!
“Remember where you parked your bike?”… (shower caps keep saddles dry)
‘Jen, how about seconds ?
Jim, Gina, Nathan, Rich, Betsy…
Day 5 – Red Dress Day – Santa Maria to Lompoc
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Jun 042009
Returning tents and luggage to ‘truck roadies’
Breaking down camp
Jane’s photo shoot
“Ok Tom, ready for your eyelashes ?”
Gina’s dress
Jen and friend
Wild Thing(s)
Balloon feathers outside Sisquoc Store
Sisquoc Store, Foxen Canyon (“Eric & Jeff, recognize it..?”)
Break time
Bull fighter’s bolero, authentic…, mustache glued on
Rob & ……
….Michael, lunch tent, Solvang lot 72
Returning tents and luggage to ‘truck roadies’
Day 4 – Paso Robles to Santa Maria
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Jun 032009
‘Half way 2 L.A.’
‘Hi, Ho Silver…Ginger Brewlay rides again’
Randy proposes to Dan
Corduroy Field
Nelson’s Garage, Cayucos, California
Mountain peak, north of San Luis Obispo
Spools of hay south of Cuesta College and Camp San Luis Obispo at Chorro Valley
Day 3 – King City to Paso Robles
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Jun 022009
Cat In The Hat…..
…and other Dr. Seuss ‘things’ at rest stop 2
Norman And Zalton, money in hand, at Bradley’s hamburger lunch stand
Recumbant tandem
Tom’s favorite building
Seismic reconstruction & historic restoration of Mission San Miguel, rest stop 4
San Miguel font
Transamerican stewartess, rest stop 4, Mission San Miguel
Day 2 – Santa Cruz to King City
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Jun 012009
Tom’s impounded bicycle (for pulling into traffic without looking). Guilty plea, and released for day 2
Kermit the frog, Miss Piggy and cast serving at a rest stop
Betsy stretching, Central Park, Salinas lunch stop
Mission la Soledad
Church ladies’ ALC8 altar cloth
Altar cloth writings
Skinny dip
Cookie lady bakes enough cookies for 2,200 cyclists
Tapping Kegs