ipadio: Following the Desert Coyote - 151st phonecast

I am still in Southern California and will get back on here and add photos, spruce up the stats, and eventually even add some video.

In the meantime here is.............


The year end total:
.........road bike.......rollers.........mtb.....lifecycle.....total
Today........59..............0.............0..........0..........59
Jan.........474..............0............21..........7.........502
Feb.........530..............0.............0..........0.........530
March.......502..............0.............0..........0.........502
April.......524..............0.............0..........0.........524
May........1003..............0.............0..........0........1003
June.......1016..............0............10..........0........1026
July.......1148..............0.............0..........0........1148
August.....1049..............0.............0..........0........1049
Sept.......1153..............0............50..........0........1213
Oct.........881..............0.............0.........20.........901
Nov........1012..............0.............0.........20........1032
Dec........1113..............0.............0..........0........1113
YTD.......10316..............0............87.........47.......10450

ipadio: Following the Desert Coyote - 150th phonecast

SDCBR day 5, Hemet to Fallbrook

Today we started from Hemet and rode toward Fallbrook. Our defacto ride leader, Ralph, loves an "organized critical mass" group start, so we took off in a group.








After our short Starbucks stop we began climbing a hill. Before long we were looking down across Temecula as we continued to climb.


I've got a 30 minute video of the descent from this hill down through the De Luz canyon but at nearly 5 GB it is way too large for YouTube so will have to look at other options. In the meantime here's a still photo of this scenic canyon.





After dinner in Fallbrook we had the "Reverse Hotseat", where ride participants got in front of the crowd and were praised/roasted/and teased, then got to pick out a t-shirt from the t-shirt exchange. Before that all started though we had a little entertainment supplied by "The Magic Mushrooms"! :-)



I've got a lot more numbers, photos, and videos of today and the rest of this trip to post. It will make it up here as time allows.

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a short ride before the big ride!

I drove down to San Diego today in preparation of tomorrow's San Diego Christmas Bike Ride. I got checked into my room then rode my bike to a nearby restaurant for dinner.
I got a whopping 3 miles! Probably plenty since I've been awake for 36 hours at this point! :-O

.........road bike.......rollers.........mtb.....lifecycle.....total
Today.........3..............0.............0..........0...........3
Jan.........474..............0............21..........7.........502
Feb.........530..............0.............0..........0.........530
March.......502..............0.............0..........0.........502
April.......524..............0.............0..........0.........524
May........1003..............0.............0..........0........1003
June.......1016..............0............10..........0........1026
July.......1148..............0.............0..........0........1148
August.....1049..............0.............0..........0........1049
Sept.......1153..............0............50..........0........1213
Oct.........881..............0.............0.........20.........901
Nov........1012..............0.............0.........20........1032
Dec.........728..............0.............0..........0.........728
YTD........9941..............0............87.........47.......10065