My knowledge of the LOTR material is limited but someone mentioned an "entmoot" was a celebration by woodland creatures, but done at a slow pace. I think our Sunday ride nailed that. Especially when the option was to tag along with the single speed crew. Now those people are tough!
Hankering for serious breakfast, Ryan, Hugh, Curtis & I headed west from China Camp, getting as far as a farmer's market near San Pedro & the freeway. Absolutely amazing in size & scope, we nibbled and sipped our way thru the entire place. Hundreds of serious shoppers loading up with goodies. Getting directions to the bike trail down to San Rafael, we covered another 3-4 blocks before spotting a likely source of electricity for the various devices in need of feeding. It was a church & the guy in charge of checking kids in & out was most helpful & friendly. After getting only partial charges, it was pushing mid-day so we bungled our way thru San Rafael, picked up the bike trail near the Larkspur Ferry, headed to Tiburon. Even with the excellent Marin County Bicycle Coalition Map the route became mis-placed a time or two. Eventually finding Tiburon, a stop for wild trail side black berry picking resulted in a conversation with a Dutch family on rental bikes. The kids had helmets but not the adults. Mom said "helmets look lame, no one in Holland bothers, but here the kids had to wear them." Around 3ish we found a market for lunch that had out door seating in the shade and an electrical outlet to finish the device charging. A leisurely lunch later we continued on around the peninsula. Of course, now we knew our way so less map checking and more riding. An afternoon tailwind shot us back into San Rafael, where we found an excellent taqueria across the street from Re-cyclery. Our return route to China Camp took us up Grand Ave. On the map was a tiny bit of red with the note "OK for cyclists to use 101 shoulder". Fortunately it was downhill & short, dropping us right onto San Pedro, only a couple of miles from camp. Total elapsed time: around 10 hours. Total distance: 30ish miles. So we averaged about 3 mph. And had a great time, meeting some interesting people, and sampling plenty of food opportunities. Hopefully some pictures will surface. dougP -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
