2025 Diablo Day 30 - Saturday Morning Junction

Last ride in July and it felt like early March. Drizzle, fog, wind, and chilly.

JB's still out with surgical posts in his thumb. The surgeon left little hooks outside of his hand so they can pull the posts out when he's healed without cutting him open again; I've never heard of that before.

Also this is the penultimate day of Le Tour - my favorite stages this year were 1) the 14th stage to Super Bagnere in the Pyrenees that Tadej dominated , and 2) Thursday's 18th stage to La Plagne won by Ben O'Connor.  I really like the exciting stage win competitions more than the GC long game.

Foggy and drizzly for the lower half.

My photo program offered to let AI edit this picture - this was the result.

SGR is ripe for some repair work.

These guys heard the reggaeton music on my Diablo MP3 player and gave me a thumbs-up!

 

2025 Diablo Day 29 - Saturday Morning Junction

 JB's out recovering from thumb surgery, so I got a late start and took it easy.  

Wildlife Encounter:  two young deer near the Tire Poppers - they were crossing the road in front of me and posed perfectly, but they were in the shadows and the photo didn't turn out.

The Death Ride is over, and STP is today, and it was hot... maybe that contributed to the low rider count today.

2025 Diablo Day 28 - Saturday Morning Junction

Nice weather, felt good.

JB broke his thumb a couple weeks ago and has surgery scheduled for next week. He thinks he can ignore the doctor's advice to not ride for a few months.

It's Climbin' Cathy P.