It felt like summer today. I definitely wouldn't have wanted it any warmer. Couldn't decide where to ride today and we revisited this ride from three years ago. On the way we almost changed it up to descend instead of climb Aptos Creek Fire Rd. or maybe do Dirt Summit. In the end we weren't sure how much this would add changing the route and I was already hungry so we stuck to the plan and headed to Gayle's. The climb was so pleasant and peaceful and surprisingly we didn't see that many people. I also forgot how steep the last bit of the climb was. We ended up running into Matt Beadon on his MTB at the top and got to chat for a bit. Right before the turn from Aptos onto Buzzard Lagoon, I had already gone through the gate, when I heard what sounded like a crash. I was thinking, "That doesn't sound good. What happened to Sonny?" I go back around and see him on the ground. He doesn't even know how it happened but his front wheel locked up and turned 90 degrees sending him to the ground. we were so close to being done with the dirt. We stopped at Summit Store for some ice cream to make up for his boo-boo. :)