Hawkphoto, Soquel is something, isn't it? Beautiful ride.
I wasn't as "on" as you when I was there a while back. I was with a veritable mountain goat, trying to keep up. It was dark in the trees, I had dark glasses on (

), and I didn't see the super soft spot ... boom. Rib problems for more than a month afterwards (

).
Sounds like you had a blast. Here's to your great ride

.