Day 7 – Ventura to Los Angeles, 68 miles

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Jun 082019
 

Chicken Lady has laid an egg on every saddle.
Camp Ventura parking, 6:00 am

 

 

Crossing Melrose in Hollywood and by the welcoming crowd

 

Approaching the finish line

 

Bike resting after the 545 miles

 

YEAH!!

 

Last time carrying my luggage for this year

 

Whew

 

The two sisters in their support van. They were there when I needed them in Santa Barbara. Thank You

 

Back at home sweet home around 4:45 PM

 

Day 6 – Lompoc through Santa Barbara
           and on to Ventura, 88 miles

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           and on to Ventura, 88 miles
Jun 072019
 

9:30 at Vista Point on Hwy 101, the CHP dedicates
a lane on the narrow bridge to just cyclists

 

1:00 – Arriving at Vista del Monte

 

to a nice greeting from Mary

 

Tom and Mary

 

Carol & Mary

 

108 year old Phyllis

 

Leo at Leadbetter Beach Santa Barbara

 

Tom, Mark, & Leo at Leadbetter Beach, Santa Barbara, Ca

 

Tom & Tom
Great Outdoors strawberries and grapes booth, Paradise Pit

 

Paradise Pit rest stop, S B, CA

 

Rod Latham, Paradise Pit founder, behind the ice cream servers line

 

4:00 food break in Carpinteria

 

4:30 and on to Ventura

 

Day 1 – San Francisco to Santa Cruz, 82 miles

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Jun 022019
 
We learn at the opening ceremony that we’ve raised over
$16,700,000!!
Here I am starting my ride of 545 miles to Los Angeles.
It’s my twelfth AidsLifeCycle Ride.
That’s 6,500 miles if you’re counting.

Sunday at 5:00AM we head to the Cow Palace for the opening ceremony for AidsLifeCycle 2019

 

6:15 – CEO Lorri Jean of the Los Angeles LGBT Center and her counterpart at the San Francisco AIDS Foundation officially open the ride

 

6:34 as the long procession starts leaving the Cow Palace

 

Just outside the Cow Palace and headed up Geneva on the way to Santa Cruz for the day

 

6:45 — On up Geneva on a great start to Day One

 




Travel & Orientation Day

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Jun 012019
 

Sunday morning at 6:15 Ashe arrives for the pickup
and I’m all set and ready

 

Let’s go! Only 315 miles to the Cow Palace

 

6:30 as I jump in the Volvo and we head out

 

11:17 and we’re at Melissas in Brisbane for lunch.
Only 3 miles more to the Cow Palace now

 

Just six after noon and we’re at the Alpine Inn and I’m about to take my bike over to the Cow Palace

 

4:06 and I’m all registered and ready to sign up for ALC 2020

 

I’m all set for 2020

 

Day 7 – Ventura to Los Angeles, 69.2 miles

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Jun 092018
 

Lunch stop at Will Rodgers State Beach

Collecting my luggage at the end of the ride at the Los Angeles City Hall

All of the 11 years I’ve ridden, Chicken Lady lays an egg on each (2,500)
cyclist’s saddle the morning of Day 7. Inside my egg this year’s note reads
“Strength does not come from physical activity alone.
It also comes from our extraordinary capacity to help others.”
Love, Chicken Lady, ALC 2018

Gear piled in my entry room at end of Day 7

Here is a montage of my week in review. Click on it to see a nice enlargement

A wonderful video of the week by the AIDS/LifeCycle folks

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