well, I ended up joining a small facebook group and rode to windy ridge. There were 5 of us and everyone rode well.
I had an oh shit moment when I came into a sharp right hander and my front tire found some gravel. Managed to stand it up and save it from low siding.
I split off at cougar when they wanted to stop for lunch, I had to get home to finish some errands.
on the way back, I let my legs dangle to stretch a bit. I wasnt paying enough attention because my left foot caught a yellow reflector in the middle of the road. At 60mph that hurt like a son of a… Had I not been wearing a proper boot, I would have easily broken my foot. It is all purple now and Im hobbling around work today.