Dayum! I'm really sorry to hear that, but relieved, because I decided to blow it off. (At almost a dollar per mile, I would expect smooth roads, or closed roads, or at least that the money would go to a decent charity.) (I wasn't especially impressed by the list of charities, middle of this page.)
Instead, I rode up to Dana Point and am taking a friend (girl who's a friend, but not a girlfriend) out to dinner at Vincent's.

Thank you for the ride report, (and sorry about the lame licorice & pretzels (that's pretty effing lame.))