On Saturday, July 18th, I was able to ride with 14 of my fellow biker girlfriends to Jamestown via Sonora Pass. Great ride, enough switch backs to keep us all on our toes...and on our bikes. What we didn't take into account was the heat...I was thinking 10,000 ft..cool air...what I didn't think of was coming down off the 10,000 ft..cool air..into record heat. How fast one can become dehydrated and close to heat stroke. We managed to get lost in Sonora, ended up in a residential area. One of our riders, got off her bike at a stop sign and said "I'm Done!!!" With that 13 other riders were blocking the intersection, while every car in Sonora was backed up and suffering from road rage..We eventually moved all the bikes on either side of the rode...while frightened neighborhood residents looked on...as we took off our helmets the residents breathed a sigh of relief.."This is not a biker gang...it's a bunch of grandmas that are totally harmless." They brought us our water and lemonade and we eventually crawled back on our bikes and found our destination less than 5 minutes from where we were. It was a great ride and we are still laughing.
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