Spectacular work, Manny. What a great adventure. Will it become the "First Annual"?
On May 1, 9:26 pm, Rene Sterental <orthie...@gmail.com> wrote: > That's an amazing adventure and mentoring experience! Congratulations > for putting it together and making it happen. > > Rene > > Sent from my iPhone 4 > > On May 1, 2011, at 9:06 PM, manueljohnacosta > > > > > > > > <manueljohnaco...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > A "Little Story" about the Tour De Bay Area". > > > Venturing Crew #999 just finished their first bike tour ever. Three > > venturers and three adults experienced the ride of a life time! > > Starting from San Jose we rode a short 20 miles to Fremont Bart > > station to San Francisco. Once on the Embarcadero we did the tourist > > route and explored the greatness that is the pier. Riding to the > > Giants stadium, then had some calm chowder at the pier and even played > > foose-ball at the old penny arcades. The weather couldn't be more > > perfect for a ride up to the Golden Gate and into Marin. The ride up > > to Hawk Camp proved to be difficult to some of the riders because of > > their skinny tires and for one advisor particular when we found out > > that his tire was rubbing on the inside of his rim for the whole ride > > up to Marin. (We were wondering why he was the slowest rider in the > > group.) The first day ended with us finding Hawk Camp in the dark > > after a handful of wrong turns. We finished with only two broken > > racks, two broken panniers, a exploded tire and one a very tired > > advisor. Great first day! > > > The second day we woke up to something very unexpected a clear bright > > day in San Francisco! We first rode down to one of the classiest > > streets in San Francisco, Haight Street! One of the Advisors had an > > old friend that lived in The Lion House near Haight Street and was > > willing to feed us breakfast! He was able to led us out of San > > Francisco into Pacifica were we instead of taking Devil's Slide, we > > took the infamous Planet of the Apes road. For those not familiar with > > the route it used to be the original road from Pacifica to Half Moon > > Bay. Imagine a nice paved road where over grown plants creep from all > > sides then all of a sudden the road break away from you and all your > > left with is cliffs over looking Half Moon Bay. After a long day in > > the saddle we finish with Straw Hat Pizza and ranch dressing. The best > > combination of healthy food. Finishing off a hard day in the saddle > > with some soccer and gymnastics on the beach. > > > The third day we got into a groove when we rode our way down to Santa > > Cruz. Had a quick stop at Met with another advisor down in Davenport > > and had a nice paceline all the way down the the Boardwalk. We had > > great time hanging out at the Boardwalk playing some ultimate Frisbee > > and jumping into the water. Unfortunately we lost two advisors and one > > venturer when they had to end their trip early due to personal reason. > > Where we started with six we had to finish with three. The last few of > > us that remanded we stayed in New Brighton State Beach. That night > > the last two venturers learned the art of catching sand crabs! > > > The last day we rode our way back from Santa Cruz to San Jose. Heading > > over the hill we were greeted with a decent down in dirt into Los > > Gatos. We finished up the short but interesting ride with some mexican > > food and Jarritos. The three riders finished the loop around the Bay > > Area. It's an amazing feeling to experience the same route with my > > students that I did just two years prior. My first time riding down > > the coast, my dream was to share this experience to my future > > students. Now after two years of teaching I get my wish. Granted that > > there were plenty of hardship along the way, flat tires, sore butts, > > broken racks, exploded panniers, the result of this trip was more than > > I could have expected. Seeing the growth that I had with my students > > was all I needed to make this trip memorable. Showing them that their > > world is a lot more bigger you're willing to bike just a little > > farther. > > > Pictures proved it happened: > > > Day 1- San Jose to Hawk Camp, Marin > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/mannyacosta/sets/72157626612228536/ > > > Day 2 - Hawk Camp, Marin to Half Moon Bay ( Via Planet of the Apes > > Road) > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/mannyacosta/sets/72157626612344624/ > > > Day 3 - Half Moon Bay to Santa Cruz > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/mannyacosta/sets/72157626617024936/ > > > Day 4 - Santa Cruz to San Jose > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/mannyacosta/sets/72157626617830456/ > > > - Manny "Let's saddle up!" 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