Stuart and I were unable to take a traditional honeymoon after our wedding because when you have four kids, two dogs, a house, and one of you is starting a new job there isn’t much opportunity to get away. So what did we do instead you ask??? We volunteered at two stages and watched the final stage of the Amgen Tour of California. I had never seen a real professional bicycle race before and this year there were a few big names that came out for the 8 day stage race. It was an amazing experience. We got to volunteer at the finish in Santa Barbara where we saw Taylor Phinney win stage 5; we saw them roll out to start stage 6 from Santa Clarita, and then we bought VIP passes to have prime seats (and food and beer) at the finish in Thousand Oaks. We even scored a couple of very cool autographs! Check out the pictures below!
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- Happy Honeymoon Couple!
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- Taylor Phinney racing to a stage victory in Santa Barbara
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- Mark Cavendish in a pack after the climb into Santa Barbara
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- Stuart had a whistle for Santa Barbara. You could even see (and hear) him on the live coverage!
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- Taylor Phinney, the Santa Barbara stage winner signed my shirt!
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- Bradley Wiggins (the eventual overall winner) leading the Peloton into Santa Barbara
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- Peter Sagan was looking at stem a la Chris Froome
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- Niki Terpstra rolling through after the first circuit in Thousand Oaks
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- Jens Voigt, Shut Up Legs!
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- VIP and beer! SO much fun!
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- Top three overall winners!
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- The bubbly!
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- Selfie with the Podium Girls!
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- Stuart got Sir Bradley Wiggins to sign his book.
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