Dan's
AIDS/Lifecycle 5 Pictures
Day Four (Wednesday 6/7/2006) - Paso Robles
to Santa Maria
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Ride Profile for the day. 99 miles with 3490' of elevation climbed. -
Joe, my tent mate -
Camp in Paso Robles -
Tents in camp -
On route 46 headed towards the dreaded Evil Twins climb towards the coast. -
More of 46 -
Rest Stop One -
Fabulous roadie at RS One -
Rest stop food. Yum -
Back on 46 headed up the first of the twins -
Beautiful scenery -
The second of the "Twins" -
More.... -
And more... -
And... -
Pretty soon. Who's that rider up ahead? -
Scott. He sings to us as we head up hill throughout the ride -
The "rider" I caught up with. My good friend Les the Litigator from LA.
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More of Les from the other side -
The summit of the bigger "twin" at 1700' -
This is "Mom" cheering us on. -
"Dad" down the road a bit -
Half way point with a rider (I don't know who) and Ginger Brule who set up
the signs -
Me and Dan from Diablo Cyclists -
A rider taking my picture -
A shot from the half way point. No fog. It was beautiful -
Another shot from that point -
On the way down for a very long, fast descent -
I pulled over to take this shot -
And another shot... -
View of the coast on the way to Morro Bay -
On the road towards Rest Stop Two -
A shot of the beach -
At RS Two, bike parking -
My friend Evelyn, who is usually a rider. She was a roadie this year at RS
Two. -
My friend Annabel. Doesn't she look like she's happy to be standing next to
me? -
After RS Two on the way to Morro Bay -
We entered Highway One -
Morro Rock in the haze -
Morro Bay City Limits -
Getting closer... -
On the way to lunch towards San Luis Obispo -
One of the many small mountains outside SLO -
Lunch in SLO -
On the road after lunch. The route took us through Cuesta College -
More of that road -
Pismo Beach. I love this stretch of road. -
More -
And more. See what I mean? -
Beautiful -
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On the way to the last major climb of the day. Not really that major but the
traffic made it.. interesting. -
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On the climb -
After the climb, on the road towards Guadalupe -
This stretch coming up towards Guadalupe, we would encounter strong
crosswinds. -
Rest Stop Four had originally planned this stop for 6/6/06. They changed it
because the rest stop would be at a mission. -
My friend John Curtis getting whipped... -
Downtown Guadalupe -
On the road headed towards camp in Santa Maria -
City Limits -
Crowd in Santa Maria cheering us on. -
A small group of riders I was riding very fast in. -
Entrance to Santa Maria camp -
Home...for the evening.
