Who will show up? It could be just myself and my son (Kevin). Or who knows, maybe a few people who’ve gotten tired of hiding from all the smoke!
OK, today’s ride. This was not a great morning for Kevin (my son, not the pilot). He’s been having some stomach issues, plus a bit of trouble with vision from his meds, plus he didn’t sleep well last night, so he was… slow. Really slow up Kings. 36 minutes slow. When Kevin has a bad day, he wears it on his sleeves. Me, I try to thrash my way through, no matter what. No Kevin. We did meet up with the other Kevin just up from the base of Kings. Cold? Oh yeah, it was cold at the bottom. These past two weeks have seen temps drop from low 50s to upper 30s, and you can really feel the difference. Fortunately it did warm up quickly, all the way up to the low 50s, up on top. Smoke? Variable. There were times when it was absolutely gorgeous up there! And others where we’d hit a pocket of pretty dense smoke. I’ll bet it was magnificent on West Old LaHonda, but, we didn’t get there. Kevin stopped at the Sky Londa restroom to deal with his bad peach issue (when you gotta go, you gotta go) and we simply ran out of time to do the usual bonus loop. Hate it when that happens.