well I am certainly not a newlywed and don;t want to be nearly dead! ha. What about the rain - i really don;t like riding in the rain! My wife and I did Sonoma in Oct with a bike group and we had rain on 3 days - probably the only 3 days it rained in California! But in the end my wife still said the vacation was an 8 out of 10! I am hopeful that she becomes more of a bike enthusiast!

thanks