{"id":124,"date":"2008-02-20T08:44:28","date_gmt":"2008-02-20T16:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/threesisters.net\/photo_blog\/2008\/02\/20\/tour-of-california\/"},"modified":"2008-02-26T13:16:44","modified_gmt":"2008-02-26T21:16:44","slug":"tour-of-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/threesisters.net\/photo_blog\/2008\/02\/20\/tour-of-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour of California"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe Tour of California bike race is happening this week. On Monday, the race came through Sonoma County and one of my favorite towns, Tomales. My daughter and I drove out to Tomales, or rather to a spot on Hwy 1 near Tomales, to watch the race. I picked the spot because it was out of the town in the middle of cow pastures. I was surprised that about 50 other people thought it would be a good place to watch. That actually made it a little more fun and exciting. <\/p>\n

Tomales is not in my immediate community, but I feel it is part of my extended community, and biking<\/a> is definitely part of my community. Tomales has the best bakery on the West Coast, Tomales Bakery. I visit as often as I can, and pretty much every time I go to Dillon Beach,<\/a> probably my favorite beach. I used to ride out to Tomales at lunch on my bike on a regular basis, but my latest job makes that ride a bit of stretch. <\/p>\n

There are a lot of bikers in Petaluma and Sonoma County, so the Tour generates a lot of excitement in this area. The route the race takes is popular with riders, although I prefer some of the back roads with fewer cars. The stage ends in Santa Rosa, where large crowds gather to watch the final laps in the center of downtown. I haven’t gone to watch the end of the stage, but I hear it is quite an event. The tour web site has a live race tracker<\/a> if you want to follow along during the day.<\/p>\n

This shot was taken as part of the 2008 Challenge<\/a> at photochallenge.org<\/a>. You can see where the shot was taken by viewing the Geotag on Zooomr<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Here’s a shot of Jackson Stewart, who had an 11 minute lead when these shots were taken:
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