Just a quick note to tell you I had a blast on
James Dean doing the 25 at East Bay Elevator this past Saturday. I'm not going
to write a story ... just not enough hours in the day right now, but wanted to
thank Nick Warhol and his wonderful volunteers for putting on another good ride
this year.
The weather was fabulous, the trail as beautiful as
usual and the day couldn't have been better, except maybe for the bee stings. Or
wasps or whatever they were. James got stung and so did I, going up a steep
incline. But we weren't the first or the last. I understand one lady got stung
31 times and wsa rushed to the hospital. I can't even imagine.
James was on his game and behaved well, seemed to
be having fun and motored down the trail like a seasoned pro. It seemed at times
like we were going pretty fast but we still managed a 4.5 hr. ride time. James'
brain only turned off for a brief 2-mile period about 3/4 of the way through the
ride, where he started his impatient head-twirling, boinging trot. Fortunately,
it didn't last long. It's the first ride I've actually felt that we were a team.
I didn't take any pictures because I was having
so much fun motoring along with James so much.
I'll be at the Quicksilver Fall Classic on Friday
only, selling Endurance Guides and Fastrack and hanging out at the sign-in
table, but will be leaving in the evening.
Next ride, I think will be Lake Sonoma. I think
I'll leave Tank on vacation for awhile, while he takes his Gastroguard and take
James to that one. He did it last year so we should have yet another good
time.
