Started with Pete, Judy, Jeff and Doug, for a short way, and Judy went by me on the first little climb (steepest part near the top was 6.5%, where I was doing 8.3 mph) before we descended to Moreno. I caught them shortly after the turn onto Alessandro Blvd. I went by them at the big mud-puddle on Jack Rabbit Trail while Judy was working with the plastic bags they provided to avoid problems with the mud affecting people's cleats. I saw Margaret riding with someone (Bob?) on the freeway on the way to Benton, and then at the rest stop there. I thought I'd ride with her, but then I left the rest stop thinking she had already left and I was ahead of her; when I reached the top of Oak Glen I turned around for some extra credit and Judy, Jeff and Pete were on their way up; I saw Margaret a little further down the hill and rode the rest of the day with her; we picked up Sybil at Mill Creek Ranger Station for the rest of the way to Angeles Oaks. Sybil descended ahead of Margaret, and I did not catch Margaret on the descent until we made it back to Mill Creek Ranger Station, but we connected again with Sybil in Beaumont, and I pulled through the headwind on our return. It was downhill (-1.4% grade), but with the wind it didn't exactly feel like it was downhill. I did not have my Garmin, and was using my phone to navigate, but I could not hear the phone due to the wind noise and I missed our turn to the finish and added 2.8 bonus miles to the ride. Fortunately, everyone was a good sport about it. I was fine when I arrived at Angeles Oaks, but while standing around drinking a Coke while the gals were putting on cold weather gear I began to get chilled and had to put on my stuff, too. I told Sybil that they should go ahead when ready...but I was still surprised I did not catch them on the way down to Mill Creek Ranger Station; I fairly flew down the mountain, but I did stop to check things out where David Slaton and Tiger had stopped for a cyclist with some kind of problem. After the Beaumont stop on the return, Sybil had a flat and Frank stopped and provided a new inner-tube, a floor pump, and some expertise in using a Fig Newton rapper as a boot.