Doug, So very glad you are out and about on the bicycle. Looks like a great ride.
Curtis On Saturday, October 3, 2015, 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] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]');> > . > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[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.
