Ummm

It's been awhile since my last post. I have been biking. In fact, one day, I managed to do 72 miles in the Morgan Hill area and of course, I managed to stop at least 72 times as well.

Today, The Boyfriend (who once again forgot the camera) and I decided to tackle Hicks Road from the South side. From the parking lot, before setting sail, he noticed the mountain that you see in this post (image from SummitPost website). He wondered if we would be climbing it. Nah, I said. No way. No doubt you have already figured out that yes indeed, it would be our destination. Had I known, I probably would have gotten right back in the car and gone home to lounge in a chair at my pool, sipping one of those drinks with umbrellas.

We were dazzled by the spectacular scenery on the way to Hicks as well as enjoying the undulating roads. Once on Hicks, The Boyfriend, looking dashing in red, darted up it while I crawled up it slower than a snail. I came upon Sierra Azul preserve and Mt. Umunhum to my left. Sigh, another climb. For details on the climb, see the Western Wheelers page. The Boyfriend had long since left me in the figurative dust but I just knew he had gone to the summit so off I crawled once again. Well, after about a mile, I began to wonder just how far I had to go to get to the top. I began hallucinating about the pool, the handsome young attendant who would serve me the cold drink with the umbrella ... oh, alrighty, it didn't quite happen that way. I turned around hoping The Boyfriend would come looking for me. And sure enough he did to my delight.

We descended Hicks. Boy, it's even steeper on the North side. Naturally, The Boyfriend was already contemplating a return trip to tackle this side. Naturally, I was already contemplating getting out of it, lounging at my pool with the handsome pool attendant.... I tell you, I ought to bring a cell phone next time, call him while I'm climbing and make him listen to me whine and wheeze. He'll probably say, "Sorry wrong number." :)