LA ONE

Day one back in LA. Hated to leave the crisp, blue skies in Seattle, but duty was calling. I suppose that it should not come as a huge surprise that the traffic at Sea-Tac was a touch less than full capacity. Walked directly to the Virgin America counter to check one bag (that will be $20 please) and had backpack scanned by TSA almost before I could remove shoes. Choice of three seats and a marvelous in-flight slide show out port side window. And then, LA. Not much I can add. Cars, people, people in cars, parking lots, freeways, used car lots, parts stores, billboards, burger joints, drive ins, buses with few passengers, more cars, you know LA. We did manage after a trip to Fry's Electronics (to get a 32 GD SDHC chip for the ToC shoot) to cruise past some old stomping grounds, including Gillis Beach, where RCVman, in the prime of youth, crashed and burned over the top of more than a few wind swept summer waves (cue the Beach Boys).

So the heat is on. Max seminar tonight, then Multi-Rider class tomorrow morning followed by our 25 miler on the ToC course immediately afterwards. Saturday is down to San Diego for the Gran Fondo route shoot and interview with Rob, and then a stop in Encinitas on return ride to talk with Coach Rob & John Howard on their use of the Bill Edwards CT training protocols.

Saturday night is Meshell's surprise birthday party at the POW. SO DON'T TELL ANYBODY!!!!!!!

Pics: The slide show started with Washington's Cascade range, an LA overhead and finished in Playa del Rey, CA.