Well, I knew it was going to be a busy day at work. We had an Amgen event this morning, and I’d never seen anything like it. If you don’t know what that is, (don’t worry; I didn’t either) its a national bicycle race. I believe they are doing a tour of california, and we where lucky enough to have them stop at Modesto. They rode in yesterday from Sacramento, and today, they are headed on over to San Jose.
Well, the start line was located right in front of where I work, which of course meant we had loads and loads of people here early in the morning. Still, foolishly didn’t think it was going to be a big deal, and i left my house at around 9:00am, thinking i had plenty of time to get to work by 9:45am. I even stopped for a Starbucks.
Bad Idea.
9th street was a total mess. All the streets leading to I street where closed, and they had police officers manually letting the cars pass at intersections. I finally had to drive off 9th Street, and park in the English Church’s parking lot on 7th street.
I finally made it to work, with 3 minutes left to clock in. Whew!!
Still, after i clocked in, I was asked to go outside and take some pictures of the race, which was awesome.
its amazing how much these athletes can do.
Well, they are around Patterson right now. There is a huge JumboThron outside the Center, and i can see them from my desk. I hope they all make it to San Jose without any rain.
I’ll try to post some of the pictures i took of the event later, when i figure out how to do so.
In the meantime, i better get back to work, and wait for the crowds to go down, so i can go get my car.
L.L.
