February 4, 2006

• I rode the Nicasio Loop today and it was fabulous. It was a little wet in the morning but it totally dried out by mid day. It was a Different Spokes ride that I was leading, but nobody showed up for it because it was wet but that was OK because I had such a great time anyway. San Anselmo looks great considering its recent flooding, but it looks like a couple of places still haven't opened back up yet. Nicasio was very windy-- the reservoir was a little muddy because of all the rain and all the runoff and with the wind it had little whitecaps(!). But Samel P Taylor park was beautiful and lush:

  

  This is a view upstream from the campground. I love it over there and it was almost empty and very quiet. There's even some redwoods!

  

  This is a view of Golden Gate Bridge from the Marin side. Had a great ride back into town and it was pretty by the bridge:

  

  I ran into my friend Jaime on the bridge coming back. He was kind enough to take this glamour shot of me. Good thing he did-- the other one I took myself and I totally look like a serial murderer. Ouch! Great ride back into town and then I went and hung out with my friend Nick for a while and then home for 2-3 dinners. I felt great all day. I brought all my own food which was a big help because it kept me out of the potato chips and my stomach didn't get upset like it sometimes does. Mileage @75 miles. My ride packet came for the cross country ride and I'm totally intimidated by their suggested training, but realistic Joseph doesn't think I'm going to have any problems.

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