New Years Day mountain ride...

Got together w/ some friends and rode yesterday. Rode, and rode, and rode. We (Eddy, Cory, Niki, Sam, and Julia) met at Paradigm and headed for Eldridge Grade. We bumped into Rachel Lloyd and some guys part way up, and they rode w/ us for a bit. Cory and Julia split off at Northside trail as they had to get back to their respective kids, so we kept on climbing up to the top. After reaching the top of the mountain, we put some jackets and vests back on and took off down Railroad Grade, and stopped at the West Point Inn. There were a ton of people hiking and a few people riding on the south side of the mountain. After a short break to fill bottles, we rode down Old Stage, and headed for Coastal trail. Super scenic, fast, smooooooth single track was really fun, but a bit windy. We jumped on Highway 1 and rode to Muir Beach, and then went up Green Gulch (where Sam worked on her wheelie/fall over in the bushes trick) and then Coyote Ridge. Down Miwok, and up Panaramic Hwy to the Mountain Home Inn, across Gravity Car, up Railroad Grade a bit to Hoo Koo e Koo, down the Kentfield Coasters to King Mountain single track finished up our 4.5hr ride. I'm feeling a bit sore today...only been riding for an hour or 2 at most lately, and that was only my 3rd ride on the new Yeti which is a bit heavier than my CX bike, and the 10lb camelback full of stuff helped too! It was a great ride w/ great friends!