Saving the World with My Free Spirit and my Diamondback!

Saving the World with My Free Spirit and my Diamondback!

December 29, 2011

Longest ride to date!

Hello everyone!  Hubs and I went on my longest ride today!  We rode 40 miles!  (His longest is 100).  We went back to Witch Creek Winery, and joined their wine-o club!  They have amazing wine, if you're into that kind of thing.  They have $5 wine tasting and you get a decent sample of 5 different varietals!  Super nom.  After gettin' our drink on we kept riding to Leucadia and had a late lunch.  The chef hooked us up with some extra lil' things to nom on.  The place is called Hapifish I think.  It's a wee on the expensive side (considering their typical roll is only 6 pieces) but the flavors are to die for.  The ride home was kinda rough.  We didn't stop for food/bathroom/flats/mechanicals.  The only stop we made was to satisfy the cat lover in me!  There was a cute little orange and white kitty named Pumpkin that just needed me to pet him!  He lives at a little beach shop in C-bad, you should go visit him.  Anyway, the temperature dropped at least 10 degrees from C-bad to O'side, and the sun set, and the marine layer rolled in making everything nice and wet!  My headlight was about as bright as RJ3's future will be after this Alamo bowl game, which was annoying as hell!  It was a wannabe strobe light, oy. (If you would like to contribute to the new-headlight-fund please note the "donate" button to the right of the page!)  Wouldn't have been so bad if there were lights on the O'side trail.  We made it home with time to spare before the game, which made my Husky lovin' hubs a happy camper.  My parts hurt, my wrists hurt, but I feel great and some masochistic part of me wants to go ride in the morning! 

My advice to newbie riders: always have a reliable headlight and tail light, if you aren't 100% sure what time you'll be home, pack somethign WARM, and buy some shot bloks, they're super yummy and really help with energy! 

Thanks all for following me!  Much love ( :  HAPPY CYCLING!

-Christie

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