Dan's
AIDS/Lifecycle 5 Pictures
Day Five (Thursday 6/8/2006) - Santa Maria
to Lompoc
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Ride Profile for the day. 43.98 miles with 1906' of elevation climbed. -
Day Five was Red Dress Day. Joe, my tent mate was having a "problem" getting
into his Victoria Secret teddy his wife bought him. -
Me, showing my cinch bag which was an incentive gift for signing up for next
year's (ALC6) ride. -
Joe figured out how to get into his teddy... -
Bag Balm which is sometimes called Butt Balm. I had my own stash which once
the word got out, I became very popular. The Butt Balm the ride organizers
gave out was not of the quality my stash was. -
A shot of some tents. -
A fellow rider. -
A rider a couple of tents over saw I wasn't wearing anything "red dressy". She
gave me a spare thing although, notice it's pink. It was also too big for me
as I kept having to pull it up! -
The backside... -
The girl, second from the left, is my thong supplier. -
My co-worker and friend, Bob Jensen on the left, has been bugging me for years
to dress up. Here he is, part of the Mini-Mouse group. -
Me and Bob. -
A neighbor wearing an improvised fanny pack ;-) -
Our gear trucks. People were having a ball with the day. Red Dress Day, that
is. -
More Red Dress fun. -
The camp. Notice all the red -
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The Red Mojo Man. -
Bike parking in the morning -
On the road. A short day with some good climbing ahead. -
This road is on the outskirts of Santa Maria. If you drew a straight line from
Santa Maria to Lompoc, it would be 22 miles. -
Farm workers. What they were thinking when they saw all the red. -
I loved this ladies dress. -
Rest Stop #1 -
What a great costume. Both of them! -
Super heroes on the ride -
No idea. -
My friend Annabel in her red dress. I was chilly. -
On Black road headed towards the first major climb. It would be a short 8%
climb but enough to get your heart rate. -
Signs of encouragement. These were great to see -
Another sign of encouragement -
Getting closer to the start of the climb -
And closer... -
Towards the top of the climb -
Mom and Pop again cheering us on -
The descent after the climb -
The next turn would be to the Rest Stop #2 -
The kids of Casmilia at Rest Stop #2 -
Me, Annabel and Bill. I really do think I smell and Annabel is downwind. -
Another roadie who used to be a rider. -
The lovely porta-potties -
My friend, Evelyn -
The town Casmilia, population 100, really knows how to party. -
Our riders rocked this town! -
Other riders headed toward RS #2 as I'm headed out. -
I took this picture of Casmilia midway in the second climb of the day. -
A rider ahead of me on the climb. -
Scott, our top of the hill barker. His cheering got us over the hill. -
Ginger giving riders sweets as we summit. A really good thing I might say. I
got a sweet and sour worm! -
The summit. -
After the descent, we're headed towards the last major climb of the day, the
Vanderberg climb. -
A rider ahead of me. -
The view of the Vanderberg climb from the bottom. -
The start of the 6-8% climb. This climb was about 3/4 of a mile. -
A shot of the road that we were just on. -
I stopped to take this picture of riders coming up behind me. -
Coming up to the summit of the Vanderberg climb. -
A quick right turn and the M&M un-official stop. Oreo's and M&M's. Just what
the doctored ordered. -
Oreo's. Yummmm! -
On the road towards camp. -
Headed to the huge rollers. Three of them that is. -
Riders almost at the top of this huge roller. -
Matt and me at lunch. Matt is the guy who I collided with in my Day Two crash.
We had dinner later on. Great guy! -
My friend's John Curtis and Annabel. -
All the red at lunch. -
After lunch, we're turning left back to camp. The riders riding past are on
their way to lunch. -
One last roller... -
Bike parking in camp. -
Camp!
