I FINALLY have a Saturday off (well, I have 3 out of 4 Saturdays off now because I gave up some Saturday classes), and when Richard emailed me about B'fast, I emailed him back that 'oh yeah, I'm THERE'. I heard about Tip Top from Bub and John R. and wanted to give it a shot but I'm on a DIET. Richard's email said they had food and a country STORE-that little 5 letter word pushed me over the edge. http://www.tiptopmeats.com/
John told Doc and I about the breakfasts and that there was the "Big John, all you can eat meat" breakfast for $6.98. I decided on that one, because if I'm gonna break the diet, I'm gonna BREAK THE DIET. EVERYTHING in excess...moderation is for monks.
1 hour to ride there from Starbucks, traffic good, & wait wasn't too bad at all. You go in and get in line to order and pay, then find yourself a table and get yourself your drinks. They call you r number and you go back up to the counter for your tray.
The food came pretty fast considering how many people were there. At 10:30 it had thinned out.
I got some corned beef and some pastrami for Bub, since he couldn't be there. That market/store has EVERYTHING.
Richard asked me if I wanted to break off and take El Toro over the hill to Santiago, around by Cook's and out, so we tapped out and went that-a-way. Going back up the 5, BTW, I couldn't BELIEVE the traffic going south. This group always picks the right times to go, but I'd still feel like some sort of a ride, either longish or quasi-technical or something immediately after b'fast. I mean, I'm on my BIKE, I wanna RIDE!
(This next part I paraphrased Richard's words-he put it almost perfectly, but you know I have to make 4 words do the work of one.)
After we went by Cook's Corner & rode on Santiago Canyon Road, a number of motorcyclists going the other way 'tapped' on their helmets to us, ostensibly to alert us to 'something'. We figured out that the local gendarmes were afoot and so made sure we were going the speed limit. Still got more head tap signs, so we're wondering, where ARE they? At Jamboree where Richard and I split off, Richard turns the corner and I look around that corner and there are two motorcops with cars pulled over. Oh. THAT'S where.
I went by Bub's work, told him the good news about the yummies then biked around & did errands; pharmacy, vest LOS back patch switched out for the Tin Star patch, got a pad for a weight lifting bar (because I'm TIRED of using my towel!), then gas. The nice thing is that I feel I get to destinations quicker because I can definitely make the lights when I time them right vs. having to manuever a behemoth cage around. I have a system now for on & off the bike.
Oh yes, the final great thing about taking the bike-I CAN'T get the phone.
Tomorrow, the Angels' Game with my sister in from Vermont.
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