At 4am Wed. morn I leave Reno on my touring bicycle and procede southbound on old highway 395....Bridgeport, Lee Vining, Bishop, at some point my family will pick me up and we'll continue in the car to SoCal for a vacation. I'm really excited BUT also anxious, just learned there is a "wind advisory" for the whole region. Nothing worse than a 15 mile 6% grade at 6800 feet elevation with a 25 mph headwind! Well like the song says, "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger"! We must LIVE ON THE EDGE! At least I'll have my IPOD for tunes. Gonna try to bust 300 miles, we'll see. My touring bike is about 30 pounds heaver than the "Pinerrello" (16 vrs about 50 with the overnight gear) but, no hurry! Doyle