There is so much to get done prior to leaving for the Tour de France on Wednesday, so much that Kevin and I combined today’s ride dropping into San Jose Camera to get a new camera bag. This is something we should have taken care of ages ago; the backpack-style camera bag we’ve been using has sharp edges at the bottom that you can feel as you ride, and when you’ve got that thing on for 5 hours, maybe more, not being comfortable adds up in a bad way. And you quickly discover that there are reasons why one camera bag is $80 and another $270. We chose a Thinkpack Streetwalker 2.0. Kevin and I highly recommend San Jose Camera. They had no problem with us bringing our bikes into the store and were very friendly and helpful.

But first we had to get there. Up Page Mill, south on Skyline to 9, down 9 into San Jose to San Jose Camera. Then we headed to the Santa Clara Caltrain station to skip the boring flat stuff home (as well as a pretty stiff headwind!).

It’s going to be a rude awakening when we arrive in France; Annecy will be 98F tomorrow, dropping to 81F when we arrive. Looks like we can expect mid-80s to low-90s while there, with temps a bit lower as we climb… and we’ll be doing a lot of climbing!