Originally planned on riding my Tarmac which would've made it two weeks in a row of riding all three of my bikes - road, gravel, and MTB - but it was looking wet out so I went with the Thesis and road wheelset for the disc brakes. The roads didn't end up being so wet but it was colder than expected. I don't think it really felt warm until we stopped for lunch in Pleasanton. Mr. Pickles, once again, makes a great sandwich. Before lunch, Bob took us on a detour to see a sculpture like one he liked back at school, "Two Rectangles Vertical Gyratory Up V" by George Rickey. Two large metal rectangles balanced on either side of pole. The rectangles can rotate forwards and backwards from their pivot point at the center where they're attached to the pole. The pole itself can also rotate in the wind. Pretty uneventful and mostly chill. Climbing Palomares with the gravel gearing was really nice. The descent was ruined by a car just as we got to the twisty bits at the bottom.