John, Felix, and I headed down to the Team Memorial ride today. A quick look at the radar showed several small squalls off the coast, and heading from the NE to the SW on a nice strong breeze. I figured we would hit one of the storms about the time we hooked up the the Memorial ride, but we didn't get it until the southernmost point on the ride. The ride leaders wisely took an early turn north, and we were out of the rain in a few minutes. The ride continued ok until we approached US 27. I made the mistake of being near the back of the pack (bad decision!) As we approached 27 another group was coming up from the south. Most of our peleton joined in, but I got stuck behind a group that decided to stop. By the time I got going up 27 into the wind, the peleton was 1/2 mi ahead, and pulling away fast. I should have waited for a group, but I tried to catch up. When a fast group came by, I didn't have it left to catch a wheel. I ended up going up 27 and over 84 solo. Wish I had mt TT bike! John and Felix realized I had dropped, so they waited at 136 for me. The rest of the ride was OK but into the wind most of the way.