Bokerfork
Well-known member
The day for me actually started at 3:30am. While I appreciated the ability to ride due East from Napa to Sacramento while the sun was still asleep, I felt as though I should have just closed a few bars and then headed for the hills. I probably would have been more awake.
Be that as it was, the weather was looking good and enjoying a cup of coffee with Old Michael at our 5:30 Starbuck's appointment would be just the pick me up I needed.
Arriving at 5:30 I was greeted by an all too awake and cheery barista. I sat down in the big comfy chair to await OM's arrival. After a trip to get some cream and another to use the restroom (no the two aren't related) I sat back down to again await OM's arrival. Sure enough at about 5:45 I see the familiar yellow helmet pulling in. We exchange pleasantries, I take a couple more sips of coffee, and away we go. So much for easing into it.
We take off for the hills along roads both familiar and strange and spend the most of the day above 6,000 feet.
I won't bore you with anymore details except to say that when we parted he suggested I do the ride report. Obviously he was tiring of the Forum's lackluster response to his previous 10,000 ride reports.
Not wanting to shirk my responsibilities I came home, downloaded my pics and withdrew in horror. I wasn't expecting much since I don't normally take that many pics, but as you'll see in a moment, there's a reason we wake up every Sunday looking for OM's reports, not Bokerfork's reports.
A little stop on the way up to Sonora pass. I mentioned to OM that I couldn't understand why so many people drove to Yosemite, paid $20 to get in just to be surrounded with crazy tourists. Here we were in a place just as beautiful and nary a car or person in sight.
Okay, maybe the throngs of tourists wouldn't be so bad after all.
A few pics of some scenery and then y'all will just have to tune back in when OM gets around to posting his.
Seriously, come back. It'll be worth it. I promise.
Be that as it was, the weather was looking good and enjoying a cup of coffee with Old Michael at our 5:30 Starbuck's appointment would be just the pick me up I needed.
Arriving at 5:30 I was greeted by an all too awake and cheery barista. I sat down in the big comfy chair to await OM's arrival. After a trip to get some cream and another to use the restroom (no the two aren't related) I sat back down to again await OM's arrival. Sure enough at about 5:45 I see the familiar yellow helmet pulling in. We exchange pleasantries, I take a couple more sips of coffee, and away we go. So much for easing into it.
We take off for the hills along roads both familiar and strange and spend the most of the day above 6,000 feet.
I won't bore you with anymore details except to say that when we parted he suggested I do the ride report. Obviously he was tiring of the Forum's lackluster response to his previous 10,000 ride reports.
Not wanting to shirk my responsibilities I came home, downloaded my pics and withdrew in horror. I wasn't expecting much since I don't normally take that many pics, but as you'll see in a moment, there's a reason we wake up every Sunday looking for OM's reports, not Bokerfork's reports.
A little stop on the way up to Sonora pass. I mentioned to OM that I couldn't understand why so many people drove to Yosemite, paid $20 to get in just to be surrounded with crazy tourists. Here we were in a place just as beautiful and nary a car or person in sight.
Okay, maybe the throngs of tourists wouldn't be so bad after all.
A few pics of some scenery and then y'all will just have to tune back in when OM gets around to posting his.
Seriously, come back. It'll be worth it. I promise.
