Well that didn't go quite as planned. We had a new rider, Jason join Bob, Sonny and I today. The plan was to take it easy, head out to the coast and return via Bonny Doon and E. Zayante. Right from the start we weren't taking it easy. Jason is a strong rider and on Stage, Bob decided to climb with him. Big mistake. That would come back to haunt him later. By the time we stopped for lunch in Davenport, Bob was looking tired. Going up Bonny Doon he was cramping and we started to think of bail out options. We ended up doing two roads that were new to me - Empire Grade and Jamison Creek Road. Empire Grade was long but not as steep as E. Zayante and Summit would have been. Jamison Creek was awesome. A really steep descent. I was picking up speed so fast just from coasting. It was so much fun I started laughing at one point. At the bottom, we refilled our water bottles at the fire station. I had to reset my Garmin and, like a noob, forgot to start the timer again so I lost about 3 miles. Bob and I took it easy up 9 while Sonny guided Jason home. Bob would have to stop several more times because of bad cramping but we eventually made it home.