Started from Boston S'bucks and rode to Joe's to meet with the usual suspects, Joe, Fernando, Avi, and Mark this time. I led them on the tradtional Poodle Ride to Busters. A light rain or sprinkle began, and the group started to head back. When I said I was going on, Joe decided to ride with me as far as the care facility where his father is living at Woodbury and Hill, so we detoured for there where he stayed to visit. I went on out Woodbury and then returned to the traditional route and returned on Foothill via Shephard (going by the Church of the Lighted Window). By the time I reached La Crescenta the rain picked up a little and my entire back side was covered with grit, like granite grit. Not a problem riding, just a problem getting into the car, and it left me with a very messy bike. NB: my legs, etc., felt perfectly fine following the hard ride the day before (Hartson Century), but there was a big drop in power in that, if I tried to blast up a short hill, my quads began to burn with only half or 2/3's the effort and I had to stand up out of the saddle to finish the effort.