Psych O'Lists

After recently moving to California's Central Coast, I discovered that it can be a bit tricky trying to take a Sunday morning drive with your husband without running into cyclists trying to train for their own tour d'force. I decided to drive on one of the many canyon roads and found myself wondering how crazy these people on bicycles must be. I coined them the "Psych O' Lists" because they have the desire to reach the adrenaline driven adventurous spirit that Jon Krakauer talks about in his book Into the Wild. If anyone else has driven down these roads or lives around the Central Coast they know what I am speaking of...those crazy cyclists who cycle down canyon roads in pursuit of "living strong" like Lance Armstrong amongst those conducting their own Sideways tours of the many local wineries. Their desire for adventure is among those who decide to climb the North Face, because choosing to drive down roads with the high percentage of intoxicated or semi-intoxicated drivers, let alone the sober drivers is simply insane. They are definitely living stronger than most of us who sit in the passenger seat of a car down a canyon road clutching the side as we glimpse down the 500 foot drop down the side of no return. I give these cyclists more than a nod, they are doing what most of us are afraid to do, but I still think it is a bit psychotic.