Doug, I was lucky enough to do a beautiful ride in Sonoma County today, but even after that, hearing that you are back at it is the thing that ended up making my day!
Thank you for the excellent description and story. -Jim Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 3, 2015, at 6:47 PM, dougP <[email protected]> wrote: > > A bit later than planned but pictures prove we were there: > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/33786397@N03/albums/72157659369351876 > > We needed some kind of bike tour & the Rivendell gathering provided the ideal > motivation. From a friend's house in Monterey, we shuttled the trusty pair > of Atlantis' to San Francisco, and wandered around the Embarcadero / Ferry > Building / Fisherman's Wharf / marina area on our way to our lodging. After > enjoying the city for a couple of days we met up with David, Will et al who > were doing a Marin Headlands area ramble. Not really able to keep up with > those guys, we opted for photo ops and bit of wandering around GGNRA (?) > before arriving at the picnic. We both won visors in the "fishing for lugs". > > > Monday we left via Golden Gate Park & the Great Highway in absolutely perfect > weather. Even the Devil's Slide Climb cooperated and we opted for the "old > road" which appears to have been completely re-built, with overlooks, smooth > pavement and extensive work to keep rockslides at bay. Arriving in Half Moon > Bay, we found our lodging by "looking for the fire truck parked in front". > Quite the character & a wonderful host. Tuesday took us to Capitola via Hwy > 1 as civilization thinned out & the scenery was spectacular. Sorry about the > lack of photos; I tend to get lost in riding & forget to take them. Stocking > up on goodies at Gayle's in Capitola, we rolled south on Wednesday, finding > what appeared to be a sculptor's workshop in Half Moon Bay (but no one > home?). To reach our goal in Monterey (area) we angled inland thru Marina / > Seaside & across old Fort Ord property. Our last challenge was Laureles > Grade ("10%; trucks use low gears") but we had a tip on a roundabout way to > climb, off the main hwy, that proved well worth doing. One teensy little bit > of trail (an abandoned local road) was much more pleasant than the > alternative. Roughly 150 miles, 3 days + the San Francisco portion. Loads > of fun. > > In the car, we headed south thru Big Sur. Still plenty of touring cyclists > out there. We stopped in Lucia for the view and met an Aussie on an > expedition loaded Thorn. His response to the obvious "where ya' headed?" was > a casual "...tip of South America...". And where did you start? Equally > casually, "...Alaska." But there's more! He'd already ridden to the US / > Mexico border, then hiked back up to Canada, before riding down the Pacific > Coast again. "Really pretty country, worth a second look." No timetable, he > expects to be at it years, not months. Said 50 miles a day was fine, no > sense in getting worn out. Those Aussies. > > 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. -- 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.
