This is classic So Cal. It’s a picture that makes me proud to live in a place where flip flops are such an onerous burden you simply have to take a load off and slip out of them when you get a chance. This young lady was spotted at a VIP reception put on by TREK TRAVEL up in Santa Barbara this week where we went to welcome the TREK riders from the Tour of California at the finish line.
Let me tell you… It’s GOOD to be a VIP. Especially when it involves a perfectly chilled grassy local Sauvignon Blanc (never ending pours) and noshes like bacon wrapped scallops and mini crab cakes. Apologies to my vegan friends and the pig. There are a lot of “Premium” Bike Tour companies now, but nobody does it better than TREK, and this is not just the copious amounts of free booze and luscious seafood talking. We’ve taken five trips with TREK. In country and international. I’ve got nothing but love for TREK TRAVEL. (Unfortunately this is not a sponsored ad – just organic love spilling forth – although if you go on one of their supported bike trips you do get some pretty neat swag.)
After a mere century in the saddle – a hundred miles for those of you who don’t bike, and that’s a damn shame if you ask me, (in 100 degree heat and climbing mountains) the TREK pros jumped into showers, and lickety split, presented themselves at the reception, graciously signing autographs and posing for pictures with geezers 3 times their age who still fantasize about riding the Giro d’ Italia on a TREK Madone 5.
Three days later the tour wrapped up with the Sky team’s Bradley Wiggins in the yellow jersey. (He won – in case you aren’t in the know when it comes to bike lingo.)
