Lee Briggs 30for30th Fundraiser 2010

5:57am, Corte Madera, California. Lee gets his bike. Lee is about to start a 30 hour, 275 mile journey benefiting BORP.

Just before 6am, the sky is getting lighter. Conditions mild. Not too cold. No wind. Lee's wife Melissa comes out to wish Lee a good ride. Melissa and their daughter Matilda will join up with Lee later in the ride.

Lee and Melissa.

Lee tends to a few last minute tasks as the sky brightens behind him.

6am, Saturday morning. Mile 0. See you 280 miles later, in Berkeley, 12 noon tomorrow!

7:10am, Belle Marin Keys Blvd, Ignacio, Mile 13.80. John Ormsby (right) joins Lee for the first several hours of his ride Saturday morning. Many of you will know John through his years of support and work for BORP.

Lee and John heading north through Ignacio.

7:44am. Lakeville Hwy, Petaluma. Mile 26.5. Lee and John Ormsby.

7:45am, Lakeville Hwy, Petaluma. Mile 27.

7:54am, Lakeville Hwy.

Rest stop, 7:58am. Lakeville Hwy at Old Lakeville Rd 3, Petaluma. Mile 29. Lee gets off his bike for only a few minutes at a time and only after several hours of continuous riding. John Ormsby on the left, there for support.

8am. Lakeville Hwy at Old Lakeville Rd 3, Petaluma. Mile 29. After rain threatened during the week, the guys got perfect weather.

John likes to fly.

8:12am, Lakeville Hwy, at Stage Gulch Road, Petaluma. Mile 32.

8:12am, Lakeville Hwy, at Stage Gulch Road, Petaluma. Mile 32. Lee and John.

9:23 am, Petaluma Hill Rd and E Railroad Ave, Penngrove. Mile 43. Melissa and Matilda meet up with Lee. Matilda turns one in April.

Daddy gets a hug.

Melissa, Lee, and Matilda.

Melissa and Matilda discussing Daddy's maps.

9:57 am, Saturday morning, Petaluma Hill Road at Hopi Trails, Santa Rosa. Mile 49. I left Lee at this point to photograph another event in Berkeley. Lee's been on his bike 4 hours. He'll be on his bike another 26. He'll ride some of Saturday by himself, then meet up with friends later in the day who will stay with him during the night riding hours.

6:35 am Sunday morning, Lake Herman Road, Benicia/Vallejo. Mile 251. 20.5 hours, 203 miles have elapsed since my last photo. I caught up with Lee the next morning, Sunday, near Lake Herman (seen in the background). Lee (second from left) has been on his bike for nearly 25 hours. Lee's friends, Micah, Tommy, and Brent, joined Lee the previous evening to keep him company through a long night through the Sonoma and Napa hills, driving a sag car, as well as riding with him in the cold.

Lee (far right) with friends, Micah (far left, in front of sag car), and Tommy (middle). Lee's friend Brent is driving the sag car behind.

Tommy, Lee, and Micah.

6:56 am, corner of Columbus Parkway and Georgia Street, Vallejo. Mile 254.

6:57 am, Georgia Street, Vallejo. Mile 254. First rays of sunlight, Sunday morning.

7:01 am, Georgia Street, Vallejo. Mile 255. Lee and Micah.

7:32 am, Sunday morning, crossing the Carquinez Bridge, mile 259, now just about 3-4 hours from the BORP Bike House in Berkeley, his destination.

7:34 am.

Melissa, Lee, Tommy, Matilda, Brent, Coffee, and Micah.

Pablo.

Iron Man Lee.

Tommy and Matilda.

Brent.

Melissa and Matilda.

Tommy, Brent, Matilda, Melissa, Lee, and Micah. Vallejo. Mile 260.

Waiting for Lee at BORP's Bike House in Berkeley, 11:55AM.