Should I have turned around when I saw this sign? Maybe. But then I would have missed the most amazing scenery ever.

Seriously. Ever.

Only, the wash boarded dirt road probably munched my steering bearings. Oh well.

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On the trail... I got stuck for a minute at this creek.

This was a rough day. Mark and Jim going down... Ugh.

Anyone who made this day on the dirt road with a fuel cell over your back wheel without dropping has my unending respect.

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It's early.

We're doing last second prep to run off.

Today is the famed '40 mile' dirt road. Third leg has 160 miles without gas, and is 70 miles of dirt or something. Good condition hard pack road.

Apparently the most scenic of this trip. Doing it. Shit yeah.

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...and not so much by the police.

But, I get ahead of myself.

This past weekend was the Three Peaks Challenge, put on by the Vespa Club of Los Gatos. Leading the ride was Rich, Glasseye on ModernVespa.com, taking a gaggle of us scooterists up to each of the big peaks in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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So, the boys from Vespa Club of Los Gatos are organizing a 3 peak challenge.  The details are as follows:

"VCLG is scheduling our annual 3 Peaks ride on Sat. April 7, 2007. We'll get to the top of Mt Hamilton, Mt Diablo & Mt Tam in 1 day starting from Bite of Wyoming @ 9:00 in San Jose and ending at Mt Tam. "

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