Cycle the Sunshine Coast, BC

It was a bit of a letdown packing up and leaving Healdsburg.  We just finished 375km in 3 1/2 days including the King Ridge Granfondo 160km and we were tired.  On the first ride, it was 34 plus deg and it seemed like a dry sauna to me (before you throw the water on).  Within no time, my head felt on fire, I went through 2 water bottles of Gatorade and my buddy dumped some of his water on me which felt like a hot shower.  We stopped at a Shell and I dumped a litre of cold bottle water on my head and back that did enough to cool me down.  We stayed in the valley (dubbed Dry Creek Valley) which was shaded and few degrees cooler and rode for another 3 hours.  We visited Sonoma Lake, rode along the Russian River and rode through Healdsburg.  I had a blast!  and whew, that ride was hot! The next day was an "easy" ride before the big race and we rode on the Mill Creek Road.  This road is along a creek and amongst huge redwood trees.    The more rememberable moments is a 29% hill t