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DAY: 40 DATE: Friday, July 27 MILES: 224 TOTAL MILES: 4521

LOCATION: San Francisco, CA

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So much for being warm "inland". It was freakin' cold ... as low as 53⁰. Even when the sun finally broke through the marine layer around San Jose it only got up to 73⁰. I had to stop in Salinas after about 100 miles to have some coffee to warm up. I rolled into San Fran around 1, it's partly cloudy and comfy.

This should also be the last major traffic I see until I get back tooooo ... Chicago area, I guess. 101 was a nice 4-lane ride until I got to San Jose when the lanes expanded to 30 something and they were all jammed with traffic. So I get in the right most lane doin' 90mph and the lane merges left. Then all of a sudden I'm in the left most lane ... just like going up Ritchie Hwy in Arnold and Severna Park. Thank goodness I'm slightly familiar with the ride around here otherwise I would have ended up in Severna Park.

For you trivial pursuit fans, Gilroy, CA is the self-proclaimed garlic capital of the world and was having their annual garlic festival. I was half expecting to see Doc Hollywood. Obviously I wasn't going to see Dracula. I was surprised because I didn't smell garlic. When you roll through Vacaville on I-80 heading to Sacramento you can smell onions for miles.

And, speaking of deja vue ... I'm just cruising along 101 around Salinas when I come to this section that I remember like yesterday. All I can think of is it is the way I used to go to Laguna Seca for the motorcycle races ... it's been 30 some years and I only went maybe 3 times! I need to look at some maps and figure it out. And weird or what, I took a picture and it didn't come out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I guess it's time for ol' Snowfo to mosey up to the Voodoo Lounge and have some mind altering potions in preparation for ... The Return of Connie. Let's see, it's 5:30, she gets in at 1:30 ... it'll be cutting it close but this should work.