Escalating Rides

I've been making a point this year of doing more long rides -- each week there needs to be something that is longer or hillier than the week before, with one rest week a month.

Since yesterday was the only full day of school left for Nim this week (just a few hours today and tomorrow for the last couple of finals), it was time for a nice 87 mile ride to the coast, exploring a few roads I don't ride on often.

The highlight was finding an ice cream stand that was actually open along the trail cutting through Seacliff State Beach :)  Good thing too, as I had accidentally eaten my whole sandwich a mere 25 miles into the ride.  (Really, I was just going to have a couple of bites, and then it was mysteriously ALL GONE.)