Actually, doing some re-checking, it turns out we went on the 4th of July weekend and it was cold from the wind. Quite windy.
I'm going to take advantage of your post to book another weekend... Have fun!!! Rene Sent from my iPad On May 9, 2011, at 8:31 PM, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oh yeah. I took campsite reservation as a given. I booked mine like > last October. > > On May 9, 8:23 pm, Rene Sterental <orthie...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I did my first real S24O last year on Angel Island as well with my son >> and daughter. We took Caltrain from Palo Alto, rode to the Ferry and >> then rode both the paved and dirt trails on the island. It was a lot >> of fun but it was very windy and chilly when exposed. Our campsite was >> on the west side with views of San Francisco. We went in the Fall, but >> I'd definitely bring layers. >> >> IIRC, we had to buy the ferry tickets in addition to reserving the campsite. >> >> René >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On May 9, 2011, at 12:54 PM, Stephen S <elphk...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> We're camping. >> >>> My wife was looking and it seemed like the tickets were more expensive >>> pre-bought as we'd get a discount with the camping. >> >>> Good call on the layers. We'll make sure we're equipped >>> appropriately. >> >>> Thanks >>> Stephen >> >>> On May 9, 10:14 am, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> for an overnighter, or just to ride around for a few hours? I've only >>>> done the former, never the latter. There's a rolling paved road that >>>> circumnavigates the island (~7 miles), called Perimeter Road. I've >>>> enjoyed that road to myself on overnighters. I don't know how kooky >>>> it might be in the middle of the day with all the bike-renter-tourists >>>> on it as well. There's also a fire road that circumnavigates the >>>> island at a higher elevation so it's much shorter. It's a dirt road, >>>> so just about any bike can do fine. The old buildings on the >>>> southwest side of the island are really interesting. Bring a picnic, >>>> if you aren't camping. It was windy on one side of the island, so >>>> bring layers. Make sure you have your ferry stuff set up already, >>>> like maybe prebuy your tickets. Otherwise just take your time and >>>> have fun. >> >>>> On May 9, 7:07 am, Stephen S <elphk...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>>> My wife and I are planning to go there next weekend. Any tips? We >>>>> haven't been to the island before. We're going to be coming from >>>>> Mountain View. >> >>>>> Stephen >> >>>>> On May 8, 11:54 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>>>> One of my 2011 goals was to do 4 S24O's. This was the first. Along >>>>>> with my wife and two kids we voyaged to Angel Island from the East >>>>>> Bay via bike, bart and ferry. Turned out to be a very memorable >>>>>> Mother's Day. The Bombadil and the Gomez did splendidly, as >>>>>> expected. Video proves it happened: >> >>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqgpPRaV6qo >> >>> -- >>> 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 >>> athttp://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-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. > -- 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.
