No, not that fall of Rome. The one that happened yesterday in 1944. Heather Cox Richardson reminds us of FDR's announcement, when he knew the Allies were already on their way to the Normandie beaches. Credit: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/d-day Photo: Unknown Author ca. 1844 public Domain https://w.wiki/QgXb A very enjoyable ride. I joined the C riders for the first half. It was fun to be one of the faster C riders, whereas lately I've been consistently the slowest A rider.  I rode my Domane for the first time in about two weeks on the Straggler. I missed the gravel bike's lowest gear, but I felt like today I was able to keep a higher cadence than usual on the steep bits. So maybe the heavy steel gravel bike made me a bit stronger? I left the C riders at Bean Creek, which is no fun on the road bike anyway. Today,  I think for the first time, I went up Sims Road to Graham Hill to get back to Santa Cruz. That's a good route, since the van was parked on the west side.