Tour of California-Day 3, to Santa Cruz

OK, I can’t really use the same first sentence of yesterday so I’ll change it up a bit…. wet, wet and cold! How’s that?

I can’t believe those guys had to hit the road again today in this weather…starting with an 8:30 am crossing of the Golden Gate Bridge! We were on the freeway at the time and that was hard enough….

Today’s stage had 2 good climbs and since we had such a great time on a hill before, we thought we’d give it another try. The road this time was very narrow and in the redwoods…very misty, dark and cold…another perfect spot of our friend the easy up. This time the table was turned however as we asked a few guys who seemed to have a pretty good spot staked out if we could join them. First question they had was what did WE have to offer…well, we just pointed to the huge easy-up in the back of the truck and the rest is history!!!

We had timed our arrival a bit later today and only had to wait about 2 hours for the arrival of the group (yesterday was about 4 hours). Again, the parade of vehicles raced by with updates on the riders, leader and following Peleton. We found out later that Lance T-boned a downed motorcycle and about 15 others had crashed right before this climb. They were all fine and back in the group.

They riders wizzed by (looking very cold and tired), the awning came down and everyone ran off to the warmth of their cars! We sped off up the road to try and catch the finish in Santa Cruz (where the sun came out!).

I’ll add some pictures here then off to the wharf for some seafood, sleep and another day to follow the Tour of California!