I'm finally over the worst of the allergies and back to riding.  On Wednesday I came down Market into work and then went home for lunch and then I managed a ride after work.  I headed off Sutter to Steiner to Sacramento to Laurel to Clay to Spruce to Washington  where I stopped for pics of the north bay:

Me:

I took Washington to Arguello to Lake to 23rd to Cabrillo to 47th to Fulton to the Great Highway.  I stopped for pics of sunset:

I took the Great Highway to Taravel to Merced to Hernandez to Laguna Honda to Portola to Corbett and home for dinner.  It was a beautiful day.

Bike Mileage:

Today 25.5 Week to date 44.4 Month to date 127.3 Year to date 516.6 To Goal 7,483.4 Over (Under) plan (360.1) YTD Mileage vs Last Year (7,786.6) Rolling Year 7,441.2 Since Inception 10/1/07 29,022.1

This weekend was a little disappointing.  I had hoped to spend most of it on the bike, but it's allergy season in Northern California and I've been getting horrible headaches.  So I didn't ride after work Friday or Saturday.  But the worst of it seems to have passed and I did make it for my CAT2 training ride on Sunday.  The weather was gorgeous.  Warm and sunny.  Perfect.  I felt pretty good all day and managed to make it through without a pounding headache. 

I got a pic of Rufus and Ashley Jr. on the front porch before I left for my ride.  Adorable:

Because of the wonderful weather, we had a huge turn out for the ride which was lots of fun.  I saw lots of people I knew and lots of new people as well. 

John and Monica

Stretching:

Beau in Tiburon:

Buz and Deyon in Tiburon:

I got home about 2:30 and we headed over to Costco.  Mr. Poe had the bright idea to hit Costco during the Super Bowl because he thought it would be empty.  It was which was good, but the guy in the TV section was too busy watching the game to remember to tell us that we had to buy the mount for it before we call the guys who are supposed to hang it.  Which was bad an I'm pretty sure will be high on the list of things Mr. Poe complains about for at least the next year and a half.  We had dinner and then we went to bed early.  It had been a long day

Bike Mileage:

Today 38.2 Week to date 89.9 Month to date 82.9 Year to date 472.2 To Goal 7,527.8 Over (Under) plan (338.8) YTD Mileage vs Last Year (7,775.4) Rolling Year 7,452.4 Since Inception 10/1/07 28,977.7

After work I went for a nice ride.  I headed off 2nd to Howard to 11th into Bryant.  I stopped at 23rd for a pic of this pretty building:

Fabulous detail:

I continued on Bryant to Precita and stopped for some pics of Precita Park:

Me:

I continued on Precita to Mission.  This is the view looking up Mission from Precita:

This pretty building is on Mission at Virginia:

I continued on Mission and got a couple of pics of the spectacular sunset as I headed south:

I took Mission to Silver to Alemeny to Santa Rosa to San Jose to Ocean to Harold to Holloway.  This is the last bit of sun as seen from Holloway and Lunado:

I took Juniper Serro to Cerritos to Ocean to Santa Ana into 14th to Wawona to Taravel to Dewey into Laguna Honda into 7th to Hugo where I ran into one of CAT2 riders which was nice.  I continued to 3rd to Frederick to Stanyan to Waller to Page to Scott to Duboce to Castro to 17th to Ord and home for dinner.  It was so nice to get a ride in after work!

Bike Mileage:

Today 25.9 Week to date 48.2 Month to date 41.2 Year to date 430.5 To Goal 7,569.5 Over (Under) plan (314.7) YTD Mileage vs Last Year (7,817.1) Rolling Year 7,410.7 Since Inception 10/1/07 28,936.0

I haven't gotten much riding in this week--  just down Market in the morning and home after work.  I've had errands to run over lunch so I haven't been able to go home and I can't make it home over lunch I have to head home immediately after work to let the dogs out or face the dire consequences.  Today I did manage to make it home for lunch.  I stopped at 16th st to survey the damage caused by a fire set by an arsonist early this morning.  I'm was briefly concerned that it was my friend Larry and Trevor's house but they live a block away which is good news for them and their cats:

I took a few pics on the front porch before heading back to work.  Mimi's got a new dress for Valentine's day with a sassy patent belt on it that she's very proud of:

Mimi and Ashley:

Rufus is happy to be here:

I'm planning on riding after work today.  The weather's gorgeous.