Updated OP with completion of the Red Poppy Ride. No pics taken, so no ride report except this description I posted in Machka's Weekend Ride thread:

Did a local charity ride...the Red Poppy Ride in Georgetown. I didn't see a single red poppy. I signed up for the 80 mile route and toyed with the idea of doing my first century of the year but the wind squashed any ideas I had of doing that. I ended up riding with a woman from about mile 20 on. She had some interesting cycling stories, as she used to be an endurance cyclist, her longest trek had been 500 miles. Six years ago, on a training ride, she was hit by a car and ended up with a smashed left ankle (and a Merlin Extralight with Chorus). 5 surgeries and six years later, she now has an artificial ankle, can no longer run but still loves to bike. The wind...was brutal...constant 15 - 20 mph from the south. Fortunately the route was made up a lot of short legs on country roads so you got it from all angles...but there were a couple of long legs directly into the teeth of the wind and she ended up drafting me. We also got off course which added 6 miles to our total. Ride time was 6h7m on this flat but windy course. Pretty warm today also...it was 91 when we finished up. I'm guessing there were about 800 riders. The even was well organized and the rest stops were top notch.