2011 Tour de Palm Springs

56 miles, 4hrs in wonderful weather.

Mile 0, waiting to go.

SAG stop on Dillon Rd, Mile 19

Bicycles are Vehicles

Bicycles are treated as vehicles on public roads in most, if not all, states. Cyclists have rights and responsibilities under the state's vehicle codes. In my state, California, the code can be found on the DMV web site.

"Cyclists have the same right to fair and equitable treatment by the government as other road users. The basis for these rights is expressed through the six Es approach that the League supports: Equality, Engineering, Enforcement, Education, Encouragement and Evaluation. "

http://www.bikeleague.org/action/injustice/

Tour de Palm Springs

Signed up for this year's Tour de Palm Springs. It will be my third "Tour" and second time on the 55 mile route. This event draws 8,000 to 9,000 entrants and has routes from 5 to 100 miles.

2008 Tour de Palm Springs

2008 Tour de Palm Springs

Back to Class

As I approach my 60th birthday I've realized that I'd better get it in gear if I want to complete my education. Having attended various community colleges over the years I've never really focused on attaining any kind of degree.

I've been taking classes at College of the Desert, most of them on-line, with the idea of getting an AA in computer information systems. Until now I've managed to take classes I wanted and get the pre-requisits waived. The last one was web programming. But, I've decided that if I want a degree I'll have to take the basic required courses too.

This blog is a part of the CIS 010 course.