The internet signal is back and we have some updates. Reporting from Follow 1:
Exchanage #1 occured at 18:55 EST and Eric took off like a flash, pounding uphill with the road to his right and cliffs to the right. He passes three riders in the climb. A friendly old couple sits in beach chairs on the side of the cliff, cheering on the riders and offering our follow car...some cocktails.
As Eric overtakes another rider in white, we enter the town of Lilac. Lemon groves and lavendar farms to our left, palm farms to the right.
Exchange #2 Rich takes over for Eric at 19:12 EST. About ten minutes later we are pulled over by a race official in Valley Center. Chief Barrie steps out to have a word...no violation, but we must follow at freeway speeds until dark. We pull back onto the rode and minutes later are in traffic...and Rich is on his own for now. Thank goodness he knows the course!
Exchange #3 Excellent exchange. Eric takes over at 19:43 EST. As we wind through the parched mountain ranges, our "Easterner" Richard comments on the magnificient countryside...and his plans to return someday with a Deccati.
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