Tour of Napa Valley


I recently participated in the Tour of Napa Valley ride hosted by the Eagle Cycling Club.

As you probably know, much of Northern California has been ablaze recently. Oh, heck, if you look at a map, much of the Northwest is on fire!

Source: http://www.onearth.org/earthwire/smoke-western-wildfires

Needless to say, we were a little worried about the air. I wore my trusty Buff, which was helpful, but the air was pretty bad on the Valley floor. We opted for the flat ride, thinking that it would be better to take it a little easier with all the funk in the air.

Tour of Napa Valley, August 2015

It was a fun ride and the food was great! The rest stop had loads of fresh fruit (the peaches and nectarines were sublime!).

After the ride, we decided to take the scenic route home, up over the hills where the more challenging routes were. Wouldn’t you know that the air was much, much better up there? Woulda’ shoulda’ coulda’ done the hillier ride. Live and learn. That’s OK. The easy ride left us with a little time to stop at one winery on the way back, taste some wine, and the time and energy for a nice dinner.

I haven’t had the chance to download pictures yet, but hope to soon. It’s been a crazy month … yeah, who am I kidding? It’s been a crazy year. I hope to be back to blogging regularly again soon!

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