We spent a disjointed (approximately) three weeks in SoCal. Because of our two trips to Arizona, it was split into three different parts.  The first week started with a few days of rain and cool temps. After our trip to Tucson, things started warming up. Then we were off to Phoenix, returning to unusually cool weather for mid-April.

Despite the hail, we did squeeze in four rides before we packed up everything in sight and drove east to Arizona. There was time to sneak in a ride with Britt and Kevin. 

In our second SoCal stint, we did a ride every day because we knew we’d be off the bike for five days while in Phoenix and Joshua Tree. We had a short visit with Dennis and Kathy on the trail, and then had a longer visit during a three-tandem ride at week’s end.

In our final days on the west coast we didn’t see all that much of the sun, and it was missed! I don’t like to complain and I have been known to tell people to “stop whining”, but it was pretty cold and I looked forward to a return home (to some warmth).

We had a chilly ride with Britt and Kevin, where I wished I was wearing wool socks. We kept expecting it to get nice, because it is always sunny in Irvine. It was not to be!

We had a day off the bike to explore the neighborhood and the magnificent rose garden on Poppy Avenue!

We are back home, and the next 3 weeks will find us elbow deep in completing all of our Georgia Tandem Rally prep and tasks to try to make our very last rally a wonderful event. I’ll check back in with you later in May!