I want to get these names out there, in appreciation. Their donations help.
Steve K. McGuire
Kim Liscombe
Wendy Foster
Mark Sargent
I’ll hand deliver their check Orientation Day Saturday June 5th.
We start riding from San Francisco June 6th,
pass through Santa Barbara Friday June 11th,
and end in Los Angeles Saturday June 12th.
I have yet to pack my bag(s).
(173,2,’2010-05-27 14:51:05′,’2010-05-27 21:51:05′,’For those who ask what I eat and do to keep up, the New Sugar Busters book pretty well sums it up.
I will add to this post, later, laying out the highlights of it.
Dis 26.0, Av 11.1, Mx 27.6, Tm 2hr 20min, oat 3hr 30min
Rode Monterey St. S.B.>Dolphin fountain at S.B. Stearn’s Wharf>Biltmore/Butterfly Beach>Loon Point> climb Greenwell & Ortega Ridge>Stacky’s Seaside Grill for Caesar wrap with Ashe>back to beginning.
Ashe & Tom, that’s a wrap.
Dis 29.5, Av 10.9, Tm 2hr 41min, Oat 3hr 0min
My bike guru teacher, Jeff of Tour of California famous Nevada City CA, came to SB and rode his Fixie with me from Cathedral Oaks/Fairview Goleta to SB Stearns Wharf and back. I was dusted on the hills, watching him out climb me. He let me try his Fixie (waaaay different, pedal kick back, has a mind of its own….) So much fun I forgot to take photos. So here’s one from 2006, sorry no Fixie.
Dis 25.6, Av 10.4, Mx 29.5, Tm 2hr 26min, Oat 3hr 20min
Consumed (3) Tom’s cookies, (1) Hd boiled egg, 3/4 bottle 50/50 juice/water, 1/2 bag cashew nuts
Rode alone: Monterey St>Mission Ridge>Mountain>Bella Vista>Ladera>rest stop at Vedanta Temple>EVR>Ortega Ridge>Biltmore>SB waterfront>Rancheria>Monterey St.
Gong bell used to call you to Vespers
Buddhist Vedanta Temple, Ladera Road, Montecito, CA
(124,2,’2010-05-05 20:21:28′,’2010-05-06 03:21:28′,’Dis 39.4, Av 13.0, Mx 25.4, Tm 3hr 0min, Oat 3hr 45min
Rode out of (Monterey Street) Santa Barbara, to the Ventura/SB County line, to do the Guber Loop.
This rest stop provides benches and a drinking fountain roadside on Gubernador Canyon Rd near Foothill Rd
Nice of the landowners to provide it for years to the general public, hikers, and bicyclists.
“Mmm! What is this?”
Tom’s Cookies
I carry them on bicycle rides.
All the ingredients
and the ingredients listed:
2 raw eggs
4 tablespoons currants
2 tablespoons dried cranberries
4 tablespoons raw cashew nuts, chopped
2 small apples, sliced into slivers & chunks
3 or 4 knives of peanut butter (dark roasted, creamy)
1 cup thick rolled oat flakes cooked in 1 1/2 cups water, to make oatmeal
olive oil and brush
Makes 16 cookies
Do this:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Combine in a bowl all the ingredients
Mix with fork and spoon, (real dry & sticky batter)
Brush baking tray or dish (I use four white porcelain lasagna boats)
Dollop dough blobs into boats
Bake in oven for 40 minutes at 350 degrees
Turn off oven, pull out rack to cool a bit
Spatula them into containers, and refrigerate
They are a heavy, substantial food to take along on a ride.
They shatter, so I carry them in a small Tupperware
container slipped into my saddle bag or wind-vest pocket.