June 13, 2007
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Tuesday, June 5 – Day 3
I love day 3 too! You start off in King City and then ride up into the mountains before stopping in Paso Robles. There’s a pretty sizeable hill called quadbuster early in the day but it’s not a big deal for somebody from Northern California who’s been doing tougher hills all season. I stopped on the other side of it and took this pic of riders hard at work:
Then we rode through Hunter Liggett Military Reservation and down into Lockwood. That’s a fun ride. We have lunch in Bradley where they actually keep the schools open a few extra days so that they be in session for us and they throw a big barbeque. Which I skipped because there’s no love for poor vegan Joseph at the Bradley BBQ. Then we went into Mission San Miguel where they were still setting up but it’s so pretty to hang out there that I hated to leave but camp was calling me. My tentmate Russ mentioned that he was thinking of bailing on the ride because he was having a hard time keeping up with his business, a guesthouse in Provincetown which was generating dozens of reservation calls a day. I didn’t know what to tell him but I hoped he wouldn’t leave. Total Mileage 78.
