Day 3

We went from King City to Paso Robles. It was 66.7 miles. We rode up Quadbuster today. Everyone kept saying how hard it would be, but I think the people who trained with the East Bay rides were ok for the most part. There are lots of hills in the Bay Area to train on. I didn't think it was that bad. Some guys rode up it multiple times, helping people ride up it by pushing them from the back. The hill was a 1.3 mile climb, and the rest of the day was pretty manageable.

Left to right. Me, Anna, Anna's friend. This was the rest stop at the bottom of Quadbuster. Below is the last rest stop for the day.- Rest stop 4.- It was always the most entertaining stop. In this basket were complimentary body washes.

So, as I wrote earlier, EVERY rest stop was themed! The volunteers dress up and decorate the tents and the port-a-potties. At the Adam's Family Rest Stop there were face spiders in the port-a-potties!! This rest stop was Grease. Below is a Pink Lady. ...or Pink "Lady" They put on a skit/dance to a medley of Grease songs!Decorated port-a-potties are below.

I forgot which night, but one of the nights during dinner, we got to watch all the news clips being done on AIDSLifeCycle. Some of the hills we rode had names- like the Quadbuster, or the Evil Twins..etc. One of the news reporters reported on cyclists climbing up Heart Attack Hill! Which she just made up becuase there is no heart attack hill. hahahhaha

At night there is the news- in which we get to hear the weather for tomorrow, and what happened on the road today- if there were any major injuries or anything. One of the days, I think on Day 1, someone had to be helicoptered off because of injury- or dehydration???