The ride starts and ends at the Veterans Home located in Yountville right next to Domaine Chandon Winery.  It is a great facility for a ride like this, offering ample parking, a large picnic and lawn area,  pool and showers.  The only down side is that this is a large facility, and it is easy to get lost trying to find the registration area if you have never been there before.  Just keep heading to the right and up the hill and you will find it. 

We started riding at 6:30am, just as the first full rays of sun were peaking over the Vaca Mountain range on the east side of the valley.  It was a glorious morning for riding; temperatures in the mid 50s, no fog and not much wind.  The ride starts with a quick, flat seven miles down Soscol Avenue that runs from Yountville south to the city of Napa. Continued ...