Another Race and a Sunday Drive

I raced in Grants Pass again on Saturday. The only thing successful about the race was that I didn't flat. I rode the Dugast Rhinos. They performed well but were probably overkill for the course. There were about 40 riders in my race again this week. They started the race on a long paved section, about a half mile. The actual race course zig zagged along both sides of the road but they wanted to spread everybody out at the start. It worked. By the time I turned off the pavement onto the trail I was near the rear of the pack. I only passed three riders during the race and finished at the back of my age group. There were six in the B 50+ which is where I race. I felt good during the race though and my bike worked perfectly.

I'm going to train this week on the sealed up Flexus tires and see if they hold up. I really like those wheels if they just wouldn't flat. I'm racing at Emigrant Lake near Ashland, OR next Saturday and then I'm going to drive to Portland to race the Cross Crusade race on Sunday. Also that day in Portland they're having the Oregon Handmade Bike show.

Sunday we went for a drive with Frank and Sally into the hills of Del Norte County. It was a gorgeous day especially considering that it's now November. It must have been 75 degrees. We stopped on a ridge top for a picnic lunch. We could see the ocean including Lake Earl and Castle Rock. The view the other direction was into the Siskiyous.
This is the view to the west.













This is the view to the east into the mountains.













Our beagle, Buddy, wandered off while we were there and I thought we might have to send out a search party. I marked the lat, lon with my GPS. You can put it into Google Earth and see where we were. 41°47'53"N, 123°52'05"W, elev 4562 ft. He wandered back after about 45 minutes.