We had 9 people out on the "Susan Noble 40/7" Mountain Goat ride yesterday leaving from Warm Springs Dam at 7am to beat the heat on the way back in from 20 miles out Skaggs Springs Road.  There was a group of 4 that went off the front and the rest of us went at our usual social pace solving the world problems as we climbed up the hills.  It started out foggy out the damn but once we started climbing Skaggs Springs the fog dissipated.  The temperature on the 20 miles out was very nice with some gorgeous views of the valley below covered in fog.  This road has some of the best views in the county with also some of the toughest climbing in the county to go along with the views......you got to climb to the top to get the views!  The first 30 miles had 6200' of elevation.  The ride back in got a little toasty up on the climbs to get back up to the ridge and our Garmins were reading anywhere from 96 to 100 but once on the descents back to the damn it cooled down nicely.  Charlie Williams brought some cold beer for after the ride and we enjoyed that with some story telling of when we were all younger.  Needless to say lots of smiling and laughter and how did we live to survive our youth, but just like the Skaggs Ride...what a ride it has been!