Tried out two new places in Los Altos for today's stage - GK Sourdough & Pastry and Bluestone Lane Cafe. I've also been wanting to revisit the dirt paths around Los Altos Hills for a while now so this was the perfect stage for that. Catherine recommended gravel bikes but her friend Jenna only had her commuter bike which had treaded road tires on it. I'm not sure but I think she rode all of the dirt. I actually think it was roadbikeable but way more fun with the XC bike. Several squirrels tempted fate this morning. One nearly took Catherine out and later I came inches away from taking one out during a descent. Walking into GK, their pastries looked a little too golden and possibly on their way to burning but the plain croissant I had had really good flavor and was only slightly dry. I also had their seasonal fruit focaccia which, again, had good flavors but this time was a little doughy and slightly sour. I realized I didn't know what Pumpkin Spice tasted like so I tried Anthony's latte at Bluestone. It wasn't bitter, in fact it was pretty sweet, and it wasn't sour nor did it have that nasty coffee after taste. All of that was good but I don't think I actually like the "spice" part of a PSL.