Nice write up Mike.
I headed down Friday -- sort of 'spur of the moment' after watching weather
reports. Ran into Seery
and chatted a bit. I hooked up with some MTBR guys from the "Vintage, Retro,
Classic" forum and did
a lap of the XC course on our vintage rigs. I brought down my old (late 80's)
rigid steel Yeti FRO
(ss conversion). We also had:

3 Salsas
1 Whiskeytown Racer
1 Bontrager (ss)
1 Landshark
1 Ritchey P-23

We left the expo at about 2:30pm and it was still dry. About 3 miles in, it
started to rain. We
had a blast and I was surprised how well the course was holding up in spite of
the wet
winter/spring. There were a few mud bogs, sand pits, and a couple of wet
sections, but over all it
was good. I liked the new route too (something different). I recognized a few
of the trails from
previous Sea Otter Epic rides.

On a different note (close your eyes if you're offended by roadie content) --
anyone catching the
Cyclism Sundays on OLN? Last Sunday was the Tour of Flanders in Belgium and
yesterday was
Paris-Roubaix (brutal -- Big George snapped his bars off on the cobbles and went
down hard. It was
sad to watch). Tour De Georgia and Tour De Italia are scheduled too (I
believe). I'm lovin' this
DVR thing.

Cheers~
Joe