Regarding S24Os to Angel Island, my wife and I have done it twice with two completely different experiences. The first time we had a campsite facing the city and the bridge, with absolutely gorgeous weather. The sites in that location are subject to regular winds, but for our visit, we had perfect calm and what we call beach weather. In fact we spent some time on the beach all alone, and other than the views, it felt like we were somewhere in the tropics. We felt we had the island to ourselves after the last ferry left. Nobody seemed to be camping near us, or at least that we could hear. We brought lots of food and had a great time cooking as well as hiking and biking all around the island. It felt perfect to us in every way.
Our second camping trip was a little different. When we arrived at our site, there was a large group arriving in the adjacent site. It was quite a bit colder, making meal preparation and eating considerably less comfortable. As expected, the large group wasn't there for a quiet retreat. We still had a great time, but we knew it would be impossible to repeat the first trip. Our first trip was midweek in the spring versus a weekend in the fall. I suppose the take home message would be that it may work out as a romantic S24O if you're lucky, but it may be better suited for a larger group S24O. Cheaper camping alternatives exist in the Headlands. And regarding bicycle camping in general, it is absolutely easy and a fantastic way to go. Our first experience with bike camping was a deep end of the pool kind of experience. Without any experience at all, we bought a bunch of stuff (too much), took it all (later ditched or sent back tons of it), along with our bikes to another country and basically learned as we went along for over a year. I wish I'd had my Atlantis (Riv content) then! It certainly made for some interesting experiences, but I would highly recommend doing an S24O or a weekend trip a few times before doing a long trip. A long trip by bicycle is also a good compatibility test for a relationship. Tom On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 9:36 PM, Ian Connelly <ico...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/02/24/NSA51C37BO.DTL > > fair amount of grant/rivendell philosophy (and recommended gear) in > this article. > > angel island seems like a pretty great location for an s24o, has > anyone on the list done it? > > ian > > -- > 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<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- 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.
