How far do you want to ride? If you get off the train in Palo Alto, you can ride up to Skyline and wind through Castle Rock, Big Basin, and Henry Cowell state parks. It's about 50 miles and should be relatively uncrowded. Lots of trees and shade, so it can get cool but quite scenic.
jim m wc ca On Jan 28, 10:16 am, franklyn <sini...@msn.com> wrote: > For those familiar with routes in the South (San Francisco) Bay area, > can you recommend a route from San Jose to Santa Cruz? My wife and I > are taking the train down to San Jose then riding to Santa Cruz to > stay overnight. Google suggests a route that includes Los Gatos Creek > Trail and kind of goes along the highway (17). I also found a route > that goes to Saratoga, then up to the ridge on Big Basin Way and then > follows HWY 9 to Santa Cruz. > > We would like to avoid cars as much as possible, and enjoy some good > scenery. Since we are staying at a hotel, we won't be carrying too > much stuff. I am thinking about taking my Bleriot, which has just > received a VO front constructeur rack and a Campagne bag (I had > sitting around). She will probably take her Trek 620. > > It should be fun. > > Franklyn -- 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-bunch@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.
