Hunter and i were biking the other day parallel to the caldecott tunnel / 24, and were horrified to see a mole, midday, just rolling over and over again down the hill/pavement. We think maybe a huge rainstorm drove it out and it got lost trying to not drown on the road. they are ALL HANDS, no limbs! Poor thing was made to dig/swim only, not walk/run.

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Well, Hunter and I made it home safe and sound last night! We finished just before the course formally closed, yesterday (saturday) around 3pm.

Well, we are all waiting to roll after CA Highway Patrol. Shut down the course due to early rain. Not sure if we'll get cleared to ride.

So far so good. We made it safe and dry until now. Today started light rain with wet tent. It's let up over breakfast mostly so we are hoping hoping for a break today and crossing our fingers.

We finished day three's ride today. I an feeling very strong still and enjoying the unbelievably pretty inland agricultural “salad bowl” of CA and then the dryer wide open grasslands too. The weather has been quite good – not too hot and not too cool. The colder mornings are offset by the rather unseasonly humidity.

Hunter and Tracey finish up their season of being
Training Ride Leaders and share a little of what they've learned

I scraped up my fingers, tore up 4 fingernails, and scraped my elbow and knee. Later we'd learn it was all surface stuff and only my front wheel needed replacing.

This is it! The big cheese! Join us to the Dark Side and complete your training!! muhahahahaaaaa!

This is a great and pretty country classic! We tour the mostly flat canyons first east and then south from Orinda.