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One of the more ... trying .... days in the two: only the second day w/ major rain. Rained hard at night but the wind pretty much dried our tents by the morning. We got through breakfast and loading our luggage before it came back. We huddled miserably under trees for 20 minutes or so as the deluge continued, and then we finally gave up and started biking.

The rain, w/ temp in the 50's, continued for the next 3-4 hours as we rode down a busy road still under construction because of damage from the Palisades fire. There was burned wreckage on the water side; up the hill lots of lots had been razed down to foundations.

No pictures, because really, really cold. We made a complete mess of the floors at McDonalds where we hung out for a half hour. Eventually the rain stopped, and we started peeling off layers.

This whole day was tolerable because instead of biking in ones or twos, i spent most of the time in a group of 4 or 6 riders. Shared misery and all that. The group also had four flat tires, though my marathon plus's kept that at bay for me.

One plus of the offseason and miserable weather: we had the beaches all to ourselves!

The highlight was getting to share a dinner with old friends Pat and Marcia!

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