riding with the snow

we had postponed our bent ride due to the rain. Today looked fine, but I was just about blown over by the winds on the way over.
I got there early since I wanted to get some extra credit miles. Took some pics

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This person died along the trail

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I got back to the star and we actually had a good turn out. Steve Albano did try and steal my bike:

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We were soon off and running. we stopped at Anza Narrows park, and some folk engaged in test riding:

Next , we encountered the "bollards of death" They are post embedded in the that are set too close together:

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putting a recumbent through isn't much easier:
we soon made it to Savi Ranch:

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we could see snow:

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and rode back into riverside for lunch:

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We had a pretty heavy wind back, but everyone lived another day.
Actually last week was the first week I had not done a post in over a year. I didn't have to post about, and was not feeling good , and one of my goals was to do a post a week, So what do I have planned for 2010? who knows? this year has really spun me around and given me some new perspectives on life, so long and crazy rides, may be not. wild and crazy software projects? Probably. More philosophy? of course, I've been reading Ayn Rand and feeling some section I'm stuck in Atlas Shrugged )A Christian Objectivist? why not? Time to go John Galt = now.
I'l leave you with a video. actually two, as you can interpret the lyrics in more than one way Hint: the band started doing Contemporary Christian music: