By Lanz Christian Banes
Times-Hearld
VALLEJO, Calif. — Two days into a 545-mile bicycle ride down the California coast, it started to rain.
And Perry Hookey hated it. “Over 100 miles of nothing but wet,” said Hookey, 47, a Vacaville resident and a long-time paramedic with Vallejo’s Medic Ambulance. But even a drenching storm couldn’t keep Hookey away, who again is participating in AIDS/LifeCyle this year.
“Last year’s ride was amazing. People told me that it was going to be a life-changing event. I knew it was going to be fun, but it really was,” Hookey said. The annual June event raises money to support HIV/AIDS programs by challenging people to undertake an arduous seven-day bicycle journey from foggy San Francisco to sunny Los Angeles.
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