Team Final-Final RIDES again....

As with the Phoenix, Team Final-Final rises once again, this time masquerading as a bike team. As some of you are aware, Thomas and Jamison decided to join their crazy uncle Mike on a little bike ride down the Southern California Coast next Saturday, 9/12, The Amtrak Century. We start in Irvine and theoretically finish 100 miles later in San Diego. Unlike some of the prior Team Final-Finals, who were raising money for very good causes, we are not soliciting your hard earned dollars....we are seeking lots of good thoughts and prayers come next Saturday... Two interesting features of the ride are that since it is 9/11 weekend Pendleton is on higher alert so we cannot ride through the Base. This means we roll 8 miles down I-5 from Las pulgas Road to Oceanside(which technically is a bike lane in that area). The other fun feature is that the steepest climb comes at mile 80 when we pull the Torrey Pines hill. No problem for a group of climbers.... I am planning on taking a shortened ski tow rope. I figure those fresh young legs can tow the old fart up the hills and, in turn, I can properly utilize my obesity to pull the young men down the hills....sounds fair to me. Guardian angel Laura has promised to meet us at the finish with a proper supply of malted beverages and pour us back onto the Amtrak for the return to Irvine. This is a special Amtrak limited to 800 riders. (Party train??) So next College Football Saturday hoist a few and think good thoughts about three very sore rears, and hopefully between 2 and 3 in the afternoon we will be hoisting a few too!