Pat

I love the climb up the back side of Monitor. It’s a long climb but on good road that is not terribly steep. It’s where I start to settle in.

Got a few pictures of Pat here.

We stuck closely together all the way up, the only climb on the Death Ride where we were able to do that.

I kept noticing the vapor trails of jets that crossed the sky. They hung high over us, wisps stretching from one end of the horizon to the other, with the planes that made them no longer present. We creaked and ground our way up to a summit of no relevance or consequence to such lofty, speedy things. It seemed like we were just little critters, barely moving.

Here’s Monitor Pass again.

And a brief look at the rest stop nearby where we stopped for water.