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My Husband Has Begun To Drool - Here Comes the Amgen Tour of California

My Husband Has Begun To Drool - Here Comes the Amgen Tour of California

Originally, I thought the Tour of California sounded like a lovely family-friendly vacation involving, perhaps, an RV and the Redwoods while my children were galloping through fields of poppies.
There must be a big bicycle race coming to California. I can tell with almost complete accuracy when there are exciting happenings in the cycling world. [...]

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