Ralph had me up for a nice birth­day lunch today. I decid­ed to ride the Suzu­ki up the 9.2 miles to his house and brought along some san­dals in case we walked down to the creek. As usu­al Ralph had pre­pared a won­der­ful meal. We had a nice long chat while eat­ing then hiked down to the creek for an hour or so before return­ing to the house for my birth­day “cake” com­plete with candle.

When leav­ing I decid­ed to take the long, 70 mile, route home so rode on up the pass and over and down to Hwy. 246 into Solvang. Then out from Solvang on the Alisal Road to Hwy. 101 and on home. A beau­ti­ful ride and a won­der­ful day.

Thanks Ralph!