October 3, 2010 GMR plus about 6 more miles

Fred and Gina at bottom of GMR after ride The happy couple at the top of GMR

Fred playing movie director

SMILE

Fred and Gina on lower switchback, GMR

Furthest up yet.

Got a fairly early start, cool weather was nice. Warmed up on the way, clearing to really nice day. The ride went as usual, but at the shack, Fred asked Gina if she wanted to keep going, and to his surprise, she said yes. We took out time and got out to Peacock Saddle (fork plus 4.5 miles) and took a break in the shade. It was starting to warm up, but wasn't bad yet. Once again Fred asked Gina, and to his even bigger surprise, she said yes again to continuing higher. This was at the start of the 3 mile climb that is the bitch of the ride, so we made sure that Gina knew it was up to her when we all turned around. Well, we went about another mile and a half, and she finally said that was it for the day. We rested a little and had a nice return downhill. I guess they went to get something to eat and drove back up GMR to see just how far Gina had made it, and she was shocked how close she had been to the end of the hard stuff. She makes the Village on her next ride up there.