Toner,
We rode - four of us that is. Ed K, myself, orbea54 (Kevin) and his friend Milo. It was overcast but no rain. Mines Road was wet all the way to the Hamilton summit although Ed reported that his trip back home on Mines was dry. We had a good, cautious ride. Sorry, no photos. I brought my camera but never took it out of the topcase...not much of a photog am I?
Anyway, we'll have to do another ride soon. It will be good to meet you and other bay area riders.
Kevin did post a quick write up :
My buddy Milo on his Kawi 650 Dual Sport and I left the Peninsula under sunny skies at 7:30am, wet roads and zoomed to Livermore in 45 minutes. It was very secnic crossing the San Mateo Bridge as there was no wind, Bay was flat as a pancake the the rising sun beams coming through the clouds was a sight. As we pulled into the first gas station in Livermore, Ed from Pleasanton rolled up at the same time to top off.
We met Michael from Livermore at Starbucks. Grabbed som Java, made some intoductions then around 9:00am took off for the ride. The roads were pretty wet the whole way but a very fun road. Road past some wild turkeys and a cow in the middle of the road and a small 2 inch creek crossing. When we made it to the summit of Lick, we hung out for about a half hour inside the observatory and chatted inside at it was very cool outside.
Ed went back to Livermore in Mines Road and Michael, Milo and myself headed down into San Jose. After getting into San Jose, Michael departed and Milo and I headed South on 101 to Highway 152 towards Watsonville. We then took some back roads (Uvas Road) back to San Jose and then up to the top of Mount Uminum where one of the Bay Area Doppler Radar is located. After that we headed down to Highway 85 and home up Highway 280 to the North Peninsula. 240 miles for the day.
Fortunately they belonged to my employer.