Tandem Eve Ride

About 12 miles with 800 ft gain around the hood with Gina on the tandem. Testing the lights getting ready for some dark rides. Darn sun has been going down to soon lately!

No Riding....VEGAS!

OK so I am not a gambler at all. But Gina likes to play the slots. I can't eat buffets anymore so being there like 3 days was almost torture ha ha! But Gina had a good time, that's what counts. Stopping at the Alien Jerky store on the way home is more exciting for me. I had a chance to pick up more t shirts and now I can say I have a new wardrobe ha ha!

Well the day we were leaving we headed up toward the freeway and caught a pic of Charlie riding his bike ha ha!

Bus top tour of the strop and down town. Nice break after walking like 10-20 miles per day.

People often think Gina doesn't know that I accidentally capture girls in the back ground. Here she was going to take my pic then said, "hold on." Then she took the pic and after told me she saw the girl with the boobs waling up ha ha!

As luck would have it, same girl happens to have a nip slip a couple minute later and my cell cam just happened to capture it ha ha!

Wow, the NY NY room was half the price of the Gold Nugget and ten times nicer. :-P

View from our room overlooking the strip.

                                               My favorite past time in Vegas ha ha!

New wardrobe. Couple of alien t's and a Hard Rock Cafe.

SART Sunday

Nice recovery ride after a hot day on GMR. It's real tough to do a hard ride then ride the tandem the next day, and vice versa! So sorry Gina but you're on your own today ha ha! She did really well though. 16.4 (Strava) and 16.5 (Gamin) average over the 44.2 miles and 93 degree average heat. I'm starting to like Garmin's numbers a little more ha ha!Ran into Gem, Ron and Gil at Yorba Park. Had a nice little chat. I should have a short chat video sometime soon.

OH AND GREAT NEWS! I was informed by Ron & Dixie yesterday that the detour is no more and the trail is open at that section, Yeah Baby no more detour! :-)

Started with Mike, Gina and Jose. I pulled the first 25 miles then after that, I moved over and let the others take over! Joaquin did the pull on the way back to Edna Park. Nice steady pull at 20.4 for the 7 miles.


Video chat with Gem, Ron, and Gil. The second time I did Ride Around the Bear, I saw Gem on the ride. I asked if he has done it again since then, He says once was enough! :-P

                                                                           Ron

                                                                            Gem

                                                                               Gil

                                            Gil on the back rode with us for a while.

GMR...To Cow Canyon Saddle

41 miles to CCS 4806 ft. We had plenty of water so what's the sense dropping down into the village? Ha ha! Mike and I hit the saddle while the others turned back at the shack.

Pretty cool deal this Duane and Rosanna Morrison free SAG Support on GMR. It's like a water station out in the middle of nowhere and where it's need the most! I actually met Duane up here a couple of weeks ago. He said in my video if I logged onto Facebook and looked up SDR insurance, they would say whether or not they would be up here on certain days. Well I had plans to hit the village today so I logged on last night about 10 pm and said wassup! ha ha! They had not posted anything and I knew the support was critical on this day figuring it would be hot. Thankfully they responded and said Rosanna would be up there! Thank goodness! I met and spoke with Rosanna at the shack, she told me that someone had asked on FB and I was like, "yeah, that was me!". Free but they do accept donations and heck I have provided support for rides before and I know it ain't cheap and I do know how much it helps so heck yeah we'll throw in a few bucks! Helped us a ton on this day. Great thing they do for us fellow cyclists! She also gave me a free sample of a Power Bar asking for a review. Good stuff! Not to mention she is the cheer and welcoming committee up there. She rings cow bells as riders approach the shack ha ha!

Did run into Matt, GMR, and met their friends Joan and Mike (hope I got names right, memory is not good while lacking oxygen ha ha!). Seemed like nice people so hey, smile for the camera. GMR always a pleasant visit as well as Matt. Always something good to say that Matt! :-)

Well Jose and Joaquin made their second journey to the shack and actually did it a little easier this time. Improvement! Ed did the climb for the first time. He said it was hard but he made it! Mike and I hit Cow Canyon Saddle. That was our plan and with the support, we had enough water to avoid the drop down to the village. I hate that little climb back up so if I can get away with it, I will ha ha! Mike did even better this time than last time so even more improvement on the day!

Jose, Joaquin, and Mike

                                                           Eduardo at the back

                                                      Joaquin and Ed at the shack.

                                          Short stop and a Power Bar before the tough part.

                                                 My bike at Cow Canyon Saddle

                                               Mike and bike! Looking back at the road.

                                                                 Support people!

                                                                        Rosanna

                                                              Matt and GMR

                                                                           GMR

                                                   The welcoming committee!

                                                                                Matt

                                                                                Joan

                                                        Mike (hope I got  that right)