Lee's 70th birthday ride included Paul, Curt, Jim, Lee, Bill, Terry, Mark, me, a new guy, Jerry, & Roe for the full ride. Then we were joined for a short time by Barry, Phil and Tom for a total of 14 riders today.
Lunch at Oracle Steak House in the bar.
We were all cold when we left the bar from sitting in our sweat. It was 61 degrees in Oracle, but we warmed up as it was 71 by Catalina and 74 in Sun City.
The ride down from Oracle to the San Manuel turn was -7% and very fast. The ride up from San Manuel to Oracle was beautiful and lonely with rolling hills heading up. 2 hills touched 10% near their tops.
Terry had a flat in San Manuel.
When we returned to SCOV Jim and I accompanied Lee around the hood while he got those last few miles to cross the line at 70 miles. I ended up with 72 miles in the process of getting back home.
I had a fine time and I hope that Lee enjoys his CO2 cartridge I gave him for his "present".