Wow, what a send off. We had family, friends from the parish, Gerry and Nancy Hardison our missioners in Africa, who are home for the month, Bodie, one of our actual parish dogs and The Rev. Canon Suzi Holding who came to bless our bikes and douse them with Pacific Ocean Water. All these fine folks came out at 7 a.m. to send us on our way and we are most grateful.
We also had the pleasure of Stuart Sale's company, who knew several shortcuts to reduce the steepness of parts of the climb. He was very gracious supporting us as we road with our bikes loaded with gear. He is actually much faster than we are. Thanks Stuart.
Our original hope had been to get to Pine Valley, but the combination of heat and the long hill into Alpine had us stop over there again. We went further up the hill to a little "apartment" hotel place with nice people. Few amenities, but a nice room and a great bathroom.
We were glad we stopped as the winds from the East picked up about an hour later and would have made the last part of the ride into Pine Valley difficult. So here we sit, writing and pondering dinner.
Lunchtime spot..... Jack in the Box. Dinner is as yet unclear.
Vagabond Priest asked what the contraptions are we are riding. They are called Recumbents and are basically bikes that do not irritate one's bottom, hands, shoulders or neck. They are the most comfortable bikes to ride... slow on uphill, but great on level ground.
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