'Twas a beautiful day today, and inspired by Snafu's return to these forums (she being the godmother of the Pootle thread), I took my camera along on my ride.

My ride starts out along the Pacific ocean here in Northern California. It's a crystal clear day.


Mustard flowers are in full bloom this time of year:


As I start climbing, I go into bucolic farm lands and horse county:






It's on hills like these that I've attained most of my 58,000 ft of climbing this year.


As I go higher, I get to ride on Tunitas Creek Road, a redwood lined climb that goes up 2200 ft. The
Tour of California rode through this last month, with Levi and Lance and Team Astana in the lead.


I saw the shadow of the Moulton's space frame on the ground and used my camera to play with it:


Finally, the descent back to the ocean:


It was a 27 mile Pootle, with 2,500 ft of climbing with the beautiful Moulton Lava. Lots of stops for photo's. 'Twas a beautiful day indeed.