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Title: Alice's Restaurant on New Years Day - 2007
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Published Date: January 1, 2007


Event: New Years Day Ride-Brunch
Date: January 1, 2007
Location: Alice's Restaurant - 17288 Skyline Blvd Woodside, CA
Sponsor Blue Knights - Chapter 7
Comments:
A perfect way to start the new year. A perfect day to ride; a little cold in the morning, but the sun warmed and cleared things up nicely by mid morning. I left Roseville at 7:00am in dense fog and 29 degrees and headed to meet Tom, Paul and the gang at Starbucks in Napa. I headed to Napa via I-5, Hwy 13 and Hwy 128 (pictured below). I hit a little black ice on Hwy 128 along Lake Berryessa and decided to slow down and take the "slow way" to Napa.

The fog was bad and really dense in a few places, but nothing that riding a little slower did not solve. Even with some fog, black ice and cold, it only took about 90 minutes to arrive at Napa. My route was ~90 miles and I believe I only seen two cars after I left I-5. I was alone on the road to Napa and it was great.

I meet the gang at Starbucks and after warming up, we headed to Alice's restaurant. The ride down was smooth with no real traffic and while four of us started in Napa, we picked up two riders along the way arriving in Woodside with six riders (without stopping). Hwy 84 was a great 9 miles of road - too bad other cars were in our way. :(

As with the Blue Butt Rally last year, I had the pleasure of meeting some great folks (again) - thanks for having me.


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