All of the Bay Area was orange or red except down by Morgan Hill and Gilroy when we got up. I think we all expected the air quality to get better, not worse. We haven’t done this ride starting from the Uvas Reservoir in forever. The non-main roads and farm roads were so nice, especially on the west side through Gilroy Hotsprings. The main roads were really windy and the traffic on it wasn’t very pleasant. Because this was a Plan B ride, we started after lunch… which meant I didn’t actually get to eat lunch. We weren’t planning on going by the mall for food but I was so hungry, that we ended up making the detour anyway. The Skratch Superfuel saved me and definitely kept me going otherwise I would’ve bonked. I also remember back then, struggling to keep up with everyone on the final, barely climbing climbs, back to the parking lot. Powered through it today like it was nothing.