Jason: Did u do crit last night
Mike: No haven't done it in a couple weeks. Its fun. But it's also pure pain. Are u riding.
Jason: Yeah not sure of ride destination. I raced last night. Tired today.
Mike: MTB right. Let me know what u plan to do. I'm up for some more leisurely too. I've bee sick this week so that might be better.
Jason: How about a GMR to Mt. Baldy recovery ride. Relax Pace.
Mike: Yeah perhaps. Or maybe East Fork to Baldy.
Jason: U r crazy. That's like sixty miles.
(Sixty miles of lots of climbing!)
We decided on East Fork to Mt Baldy. We headed out about 7 am to Azusa Canyon. Riding up Azusa I was fine, but by the time we got to East Fork, I my legs were feeling tight. The trek up Little GMR did me in.
I was cursing Mike in my head and mentally writing all the horrible things I was going to say about Mike and his GREAT idea to ride to Baldy via East Fork. Why, why why. Mike's a nut, so when I got to East Fork and GRR...
"Officer, I swear it was the heat that made me do. I was delirious from the heat, I could not control my hands... and I reached for his neck and... I swear I couldn't help myself...
Might as well! If I can strangle Mike why can't Annette strangle me! I think the heat was getting to both of us. Hey Annette, great job on making it to Mt. Baldy.
Annette described to us Ron's crash. I hope he recovers soon but it sounds like he took a bad fall. She also talked a little about the BUGS, all the lovely bugs that pester us as we ride.
South on Amelia Ave., and then left on Route 66, I spotted a Black Toyota Highlander. It was parked 3 feet from the curb, with strobe light on top and traffic cones every where to direct traffic. Could it be none other than Richard, my father-in-law! Sure enough it was him.
A trip down memory lane. On Foothill we came upon an old Chevy Nova. I had to stop as this was the same color and year as the Nova I owned. My first car was a beat up Chevy Nova I brought back to life. Like the one pictured, I painted my Nova canary yellow. Wow. Jamie got a kick out of the pictures of this Nova when I showed them to her.
Mike and I ended our ride short. From East Fork and GRR we (Or rather I) decided to head down GMR and back home to Pomona. Total trip distance, 54 miles.
