Dust, heat, elevation, the end of a era, the end of a series, I wanted to finish like Seinfeld, and Team Platinum, on top of the game.  But just showing up in my catergory is generally more than half the battle, so I was confident enough to go for the 6 hour progressive neighborhood dinner party the night before, after an 8 hour day at work.Morning came too early and Big Bear is a long ways away.  At the start line it seemed like a smaller than normal group with all the … [Read more...]