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"Making a Joyful Noise!"

Calendar of Events
The calendar is updated frequently and details the rides we go on, the projects and people we're involved with.  Rides typically happen once every month with a annual ride sometime in late summer.

• Sunday Launch! 
  When: Sunday, March 19th, 2006 at 8:30AM
  Where: Gateway City Church, San Jose, Ca (map)
  What: Park our bikes and worship and generate interest in our club.
  Pictures: Click here
   
• Ride to Mount Hamilton... all the way to the top!
  When: Sunday, March 19th, 2006, after church
  Where: Gateway City Church, San Jose, CA
  What: After a quick ride to lunch at "La Costas" (awesome Mexican food just off Monterey) we picked up an extra rider or two, rode via 680 to 84 and stopped at Sunol.  It's there that we talked if over and Henry suggested we ride to Mount Hamilton for some awesome views, a visit to Henry's brothers 53 acre ranch and, once back in San Jose, a welcomed Starbucks run.  It was quite a ride that lasted a little longer than we anticipated but it was great!  Weather was wonderful but it was a little chilly at the top of the Mount.  We passed a little snow up there!
  Pictures: Click here
   
• Ride to Alice's Restaurant, San Mateo for lunch!
  When: Sunday, April 23rd, 2006, after church
  Where: Gateway City Church, San Jose, CA
  What: We going on a short ride to Alice's Restaurant in San Mateo for lunch (check out the reviews!), then do a back road ride home.  Should end around mid-afternoon.
  Routes:
  • Get There: 280 north to Woodside, up the hill to Alice's.
  • Get Back: Back road approach.  84 south to Pescadero Road; SE on Alpine between the Russian Ridge Open Space and Skyline Ridge Open Space and then trough the Monte Bello Open Space Preserve; 35 south along Skyline; 9 east along Big Basin Way; NE  through Saratoga; left (N) to the corner of Saratoga-Sunnyvale Road and Pierce Rd to Starbucks (12960 Saratoga Sunnyvale Rd).
     
• 6th Annual Santa Clara Valley Peace Officers Memorial Run.
  When: Saturday, May 20, 2006 at 9:00AM at Gateway and ride to Sheriff's Office by 10:00AM.
  Where: Start at Gateway City Church and ride together to Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office (55 West Younger Ave, San Jose, CA).  Ride goes to Bolado Park, Hollister, CA
  What: Single rider registration: $25 before May 13th / $30 after May 13th. Rider with passenger: $35 before May 13th / $40 after May 13th. Pre-registration discount ends on May 13th. After May 13th the price goes up. Your Registration fee will entitle you (and any registered passenger) to a ride ticket, a commemorative run pin , and a BBQ ticket. Pre-registration online before May 13th offers you a discount on the registration fees.  It's a rather short ride (about an hour or so) and we'll be coming back after the BBQ the same day.  Click here for more info and to register.
  Pictures: Click here
  
   
• Awesome Sunday After Church Lunch Ride
  When: Sunday, June 25th after church.
  Where: Jon is leading a ride to the "way" east Morgan Hill area for lunch.
  What: LEATHER UP!
  Pictures: <pending>
   
• Church Picnic
  When: Saturday, July 1st
  Where: Make sure we all take our bikes to the picnic.
  What: MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE!
  Pictures: <pending>
   

• ANNUAL SUMMER HARD BUTT TRIP - The Grand Canyon
  When: Thursday, September 14 - Thursday, September 21st, 2006 (plus a day longer!)
  Ok.  What a trip!  It was a memorable event with not as many riders as I would have liked... but the two riders that went had a BLAST AND A HALF!  Tom and Connie Morrison on their Honda Shadow and Jason and Mark Sullivan on our Honda VTX.  The trip started at Starbucks on Capital at 6:00 AM, we left for Angels Camp via 680/205/120 and got settled there by 11:00 AM!  We partied there at the hot tube and slept well.  We left for Yosemite next and went all around Yosemite including our ill fated decision to try to take in Glacier Point and get to Mammoth Lakes in a single day!  It was exceedingly cold and we froze a little bit but we made it!  After that we headed on down 395 to 168 towards Vegas.  395 was one big long road and some awesome views.  But 168 was a destination in itself.  The winding roads and no services for 150 miles was a bit risky but we went for it.  I'll never forget thinking about being out in the middle of nowhere... AND I MEAN NOWHERE... and out of gas.  Also, the longest straightaway I've ever seen was second half of 168!  We hit 95 and headed to Vegas and the desert views were impressive.  We made to Vegas and hit the mattress in a "Nicer-than-we-planned-Hotel" because we were dog tired.  We checked out Vegas for awhile and then took off for St. George, Utah via 15 through the Northwest corner of Arizona.  That was a super ride as we passed some incredible mountain/hill formations that took our breath away!  We did some great time at St. George as we stayed at Tom's condo resort.  What fun THAT was.  It rocked.  I actually cooked dinner that night which wasn't too bad really!  Hot tub on the porch overlooking the Utah valley was nice!  Left there and took 15 to 9 and rode through Zion National Park.  We got some really great pics there!  From there we took off down 89 through the north route via Lake Powel and stayed the night in Page, Arizona.  Left really early in the AM and continued down 89 all the way down to 64 and to the south rim of the Grand Canyon.  We remained amazed at that site for about a half day.  At this point, Tom and Connie split off and went to the LA area to visit family.  Jason and I decided to check out Hoover Dam.  We blazed a quick ride via 180 to 89/40 to Kingman.  We relaxed there overnight and headed for Hoover Dam up 93 which was the second longest straightaway I've ever seen.  Hoover Dam was impressive and Jason wanted the whole tour.  We hung out there for a few hours.  From here we realized that we were a little behind schedule.  We decided to do a long, long, long.... LONG stint to the west coast.  So in one day we went from Kingman, Arizona to San Luis Obispo, California via 15 to 58!  528 miles!  That was a ride to remember.  The last part of 58 was two hours of winding back roads that really was tough after about 16 hours of riding!  Jason and I slept in the next day, needless to say and stayed an extra day in San Luis Obispo.  No worries though because SLO Town is my old stomping grounds as I was raised in San Luis.  Took Jason around to see the sights where his old man was raised!  From there, we took off up 101 to San Jose and home.
  
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  Click here for short movies of the trip (make sure you have the sound on)!
  
  Click here to see maps of the entire trip!
  
   

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