Nice. That reminds me, there is another cool little place along the Tunitas Creek called the Bike Hut. They have dried fruits, drinks and such, as well as a little picnic area:
http://potreronuevofarm.org/thebikehut.html On Feb 15, 10:33 am, Cheryl <cherony...@gmail.com> wrote: > Maybe OT, but someone on another cycling list I follow posted this > today, and I thought it would be of interest to those of us who live > in the SF Bay Area. I will definitely check this out next time I'm > riding in the East Bay! Her message is below. > > -Cheryl > > ------- > > I was out riding today around Collier Canyon and came upon a GEM of a > find on Carneal Rd. At about mile 42 of our ride, we were all getting > a bit hungry and wanted to stop somewhere for a quick bite. I often > pack a lunch for myself, but my friend needed to purchase something to > eat. I had done a previous ride around Collier Canyon last month and > had remembered seeing a sign that read "store open," so now was the > opportune time to check it out. Boy, am I glad we did! > > So, here's the scoop...It's very easy to miss this place if you're not > looking for it. The FIND of the day is: EJ Cattle & Feed Supply Co at > the corner of Manning & Carneal Rds. > > I know, you're like "What, cattle feed?" But, that's okay, it's like > one stop shopping! Get a drink & snack, put your feet up, buy some > cattle feed and kick around the dust (actually it's pretty dust-free). > We entered through the open gates and were immediately greeted by Ed > Bradley, the owner of the ranch. He's one nice friendly rancher with a > great smile and warm personality. He gave us a little history of the > area and told us that the ranch has been there for over 105 years! > He's a cousin to the Reinstein family that owns the horse ranch down > the road since 1884. > > He's made his ranch open and available to cyclists and other folks who > happen to stop by. Ed has put bike racks out front. There are 2 > outdoor vending machines behind the feed store. One for cold drinks- > sodas $1 and another for snacks $0.65-$2.00. There's some healthy > multi grain chips (which were very good), cookies, > candies and even energy bars. > > The most interesting items that I saw available in the snack machine > was a > small first-aid kit, emery boards and what REALLY caught my eye was > tubes of udder cream. Now you know where to get it if you're in dire > need of some lubrication, WOW!! There's a couple of picnic tables, a > porta-pottie w/a sink and a water hose, all FREE for us to use. > > THANK YOU ED!! > > You're welcome to walk around the ranch, check out the barn, horse > shed > and anything else out there. There's even a chuck wagon on site. His > future plans also include having pony rides for kids. He even sells > little packages of plastic farm animals, sea animals and other stuff > kids would like. > > So, I'd like to ENCOURAGE EVERYONE who likes to ride around Collier > Canyon, Livermore and even Morgan Territory to take the time and STOP > at EJ's to support his endeavor in supporting us out there! Tell him > Nancy sent you! Currently he's open from Thursday thru Sunday. Per Ed, > he's hoping to be open more days during the summer. > > Please feel free to pass on this info to all your cycling friends. > Happy Riding! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
