roadies!!

karen

rest stop 1. taking it real slow, since closing cerimonies are not till 4 pm

Ginger and the Major of Santa Barbra.

Ginger with another great costume

welcome to paradise pit

we get some beautiful scenery while we wait for the highway to open.

breakfast line. us early birds avoided that line. This is like a small mobile city. It's amazing how well this is coordinated. Tonight will be the last dinner in camp. Hard to believe it's almost over.

ducks preening.

Back at Camp

Jermy dresses up for the ride. "See Dad I told you I wouldn't be the only 1 wearing lipstick" Giving strawberries to riders.

lunch. I'm taking it real slow today

top of the ribbon

Red dress day!

In at 1400 hours. In the top 60. Thats not what I was going for. I'm so worried about being saged that I overcompensated

Morro Rock in the distance.

halfway to Los Angeles. Wooo Hooo

roadie fashion show

frontier town campsite for day 3. Today was so much better than yesterday. managed to be 1 of the 1st riders in. Services were not even set up yet when I got here that early. I helped the roadies unload the truck. It's amazing how many hard working dedicated people are here. It's humbling. Highlight of the day was an incredible massage! No more pain! thank you!

back at camp yeah!

dreamgirls rest stop

ho ho ho tell bad santa what u want

welcome to fairy land rest stop 2

the top of quadbuster DAMN

the hardcore getting ready for day 3

ACL6 #7

Gabcast! ACL6 #7

finally in camp...yeah

the eye chart on the porta potties is very creative

rest stop 4 DMV

otter pop stop

rest stop 3 at a farm

rest stop2 sesame street

artichoke stp Watsonville. got a headache I can't seem to shake off

rest stop 1 day2 got a late start. decided to ride in recovery mode even though i don't feel that bad.

riders coming in day 1 done

tent city in sunny Santa Cruz. We saw drastic weather changes what seemed like every 15 minutes. We also rode by some incredible scenery. Got in at 2:30

relief! 1st pee and the top of that b*tch of a hill.

riders taking off from the Cow Palace
up Geneva Street

Day 1 June 3rd Redden taking off at the Cow Palace
in San Francisco

sure glad that Karens here. She stood in the registration line while I watched the safety video.

more lines

Loooooooooong line for registration.