It was only two days ago when we did a long club ride up Mt. Diablo.  Having taken yesterday off so we were anxious to get in a good ride today.  The weather was beautiful.  With a storm coming in tomorrow we felt it was a good day for another long ride.  What a better way to spent Monday morning than to climb Metcalf.  We made our way along Uvas up to Bailey and then headed over to climb up Metcalf road.  It is a climb we have made on the tandem many times in the past, but we didn’t push the pace too much today.  Then it was down the backside and then over to San Felipe, were we stopped to take some pictures.  The hills are very green and the flowers are out.

Franz

Then it was on to Farnsworth and then over to Silver Creek were we stopped to eat some lunch.  We had now biked about 40 miles and had 30 more to go to get home.  We decided to go back on the bike trail.  The sky was a deep blue and there were wondrous cloud formations.  This one looked like the work of Zorro.

Mark of Zorro

While I was off the bike to take the above picture, I grabbed this shot of Ann.

Anne on bike trail

We eventually made it back home, but without the aid of the typical tailwind.  We ended up with 70 miles and about 3,500 feet of climbing.  A bit further than two days ago, but less climbing.  It was a fun day.

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