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Sunday April 4, 1999 Santa Rosa Cycling Club Wayne's Napa Valley Ride |
by Bill Oetinger srcc@ap.net from the club mailer & Wendy Page |
Bill I'm quite sympathetic for those poor souls who got out on the ridgeline in winds that were over 50-mph. Must have been rather exhausting. LaValle--that cycling animal--showed up on both rides, and reported on the hard times on Saturday. We had nearly perfect conditions on Sunday. A bit of wind and a bit colder than might be ideal, but such an improvement on recent weather that we felt blessed. Stolzman and I added some miles by starting in Yountville and then also doing the Aetna Springs out-&-back, which gave us a total of exactly 60 miles and exactly 3000' of climb...just about exactly what we wanted out of the day. Even without massive displays of wildflowers--which were somewhat missing--it was still a day of superb scenery, from beginning to end. Any comments from Saturday's windigo gang? Just how bad was it? Wendy Hwy 1 was another story. The 30 mile tailwinds were GREAT as long as I was on the straight stretches headed directly away from the wind, but on a few of those curvy sections I was VERY thankful there didn't happen to be a car coming up just then. But I must say the visibility was spectacular and the company wonderful!...Wendy P.S. I am now much better at dodging branches and flying pine cones : )
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