tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85849786335575462912024-03-13T11:45:00.124-07:00Cycling Sonoma CountyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01804048240626449866noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584978633557546291.post-36848332077959616652013-05-22T17:20:00.001-07:002013-05-22T17:24:54.752-07:00Club Ride VI and Packing up<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">So today is my last ride and tomorrow I
will “ride” the plane back home. But today there is still the Club Ride on the
program and Paul selected a really fire cracker track with lots of climbing and fantastic view on Sonoma County. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Start (and end of course) is in Sebastopol
at Ragle Park.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0kpej21mzUlk9kWvj9RWNRdLTL1uUqKPEuJevh4Ev4r0AJDwVEQfryRPXWJTZQV5jj3btLE0xjtFqo4Q9eL6klUUbrRjmPdtCbQl0ITfgaHzenMvKkXqpRRoi_nQuspwMfKAxM7zRV4nX/s1600/DSC02193.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0kpej21mzUlk9kWvj9RWNRdLTL1uUqKPEuJevh4Ev4r0AJDwVEQfryRPXWJTZQV5jj3btLE0xjtFqo4Q9eL6klUUbrRjmPdtCbQl0ITfgaHzenMvKkXqpRRoi_nQuspwMfKAxM7zRV4nX/s320/DSC02193.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">We started out 16 and “lost” 6 riders on
the way due to blown out tires and blown out lungs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVLYmA4bvy0Wu76GzvKN_jOvHlx6Bxd9KitGIVAihGxFmwEeOp_rRlg_Gs1AwThFsZmcEbIMpbUrhQ7fLAyCDZp9_pEURXt2rB91hf6Lb6jjGmstA_Q7yLljuEdy52vvi_wWn_03lvY_hZ/s1600/DSC02192.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVLYmA4bvy0Wu76GzvKN_jOvHlx6Bxd9KitGIVAihGxFmwEeOp_rRlg_Gs1AwThFsZmcEbIMpbUrhQ7fLAyCDZp9_pEURXt2rB91hf6Lb6jjGmstA_Q7yLljuEdy52vvi_wWn_03lvY_hZ/s320/DSC02192.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Back in Santa Rosa it was time to clean the
bike, disassemble it and then pack it in the transport suitcase.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Before<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzvL4YUCiH8By06YXwYnlH8Hz9rpew4Z9K5oB4lDt7l4W9ZnpkBCKE6VS6EdPVqwHscddNMij4lASW94FuACwnULpw4yDipiVlwq9Pjo9h_8fBw0q8XhQBF4JH-gcLguhVXjkhgRBqjCUe/s1600/DSC01828.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzvL4YUCiH8By06YXwYnlH8Hz9rpew4Z9K5oB4lDt7l4W9ZnpkBCKE6VS6EdPVqwHscddNMij4lASW94FuACwnULpw4yDipiVlwq9Pjo9h_8fBw0q8XhQBF4JH-gcLguhVXjkhgRBqjCUe/s320/DSC01828.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">After <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyfnWkyNynsD0mryIx3jJx2rnHzkKp2sjhDTDGd0VJEyNe-kAhOB8EB0q-VKKRptGnPhZ318SnD4-ly9JAqT8tbmvh481wdGzH0z4JynJISI4xwUvBfVZUa1LFlmy_AOJ5jwxn1mrPBpXq/s1600/DSC02194.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyfnWkyNynsD0mryIx3jJx2rnHzkKp2sjhDTDGd0VJEyNe-kAhOB8EB0q-VKKRptGnPhZ318SnD4-ly9JAqT8tbmvh481wdGzH0z4JynJISI4xwUvBfVZUa1LFlmy_AOJ5jwxn1mrPBpXq/s320/DSC02194.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">So my Californian Dream comes to its end.
After some 1200 Miles (1900 km) on the bike and 3500 Miles (5600 km, not very
ecological I know...) by car all my expectations have been surpassed. I had 2
days of fog (which cleared at noon) and one day of part cloud coverage, the rest
was immaculate blue sky. Every single ride has been fabulous and I felt
absolutely at home in Santa Rosa. I am happy to go back home and still I wouldn’t
mind to stay for a week or two more. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">I certainly will be back sometimes... and may be sooner that later. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
P.S. You might notice that there is sometimes a strange "Tail" in the Club ride tracks. These tails are the wrong routes I always seemed to catch and I got a kind of a reputation for always missing at least once the right turns.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<iframe frameborder="0" height="500px" src="http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2554739/embed" width="100%"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01804048240626449866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584978633557546291.post-30135847441537073872013-05-21T16:15:00.001-07:002013-05-21T16:15:44.246-07:00Bolinas - Muir Overlook<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Today the ride is short and relaxing
at the beach is long. I started from Bolinas, which is at the far end of the
Bolinas Lagoon and therefore close to Stinson Beach. The place has some really
nice houses and a beautiful beach, but more of this later. <span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN8LuIJzUJPXwIvpcFPipMxLcKlEBlbF7OCth7adFsBF2-OWh8zGAVfN_hX9NRNUIVsJYfA80elViDCyfZv2P10lm7YFt7JqMVVEjP_EfxmDNcPhrGJN0bkvqR4VcqpeCOVokzXPHAK3Id/s1600/DSC02180.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN8LuIJzUJPXwIvpcFPipMxLcKlEBlbF7OCth7adFsBF2-OWh8zGAVfN_hX9NRNUIVsJYfA80elViDCyfZv2P10lm7YFt7JqMVVEjP_EfxmDNcPhrGJN0bkvqR4VcqpeCOVokzXPHAK3Id/s320/DSC02180.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">The
wind is extremely breezy today, however luckily it will be tailwind for most of
the climbs today. First the loop goes round the Bolinas Lagoon, where the seals
take a sunbath on the sand banks and the white egrets are fishing in the
shallow water. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBg_pMTxf-N6WmBywyNPl8jzGfKOLJd0iPk9P3c_KB8JA0b3BVxY-wQAgVonUdxzdUJx3Fq8DKySUJa-G2Tw25HsNXmGObMfom1-uCZJjGHB_POSjqxymwTF5ySvEq-ViQRBglcHT0zIHc/s1600/DSC02168.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBg_pMTxf-N6WmBywyNPl8jzGfKOLJd0iPk9P3c_KB8JA0b3BVxY-wQAgVonUdxzdUJx3Fq8DKySUJa-G2Tw25HsNXmGObMfom1-uCZJjGHB_POSjqxymwTF5ySvEq-ViQRBglcHT0zIHc/s320/DSC02168.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Here
a view of the Lagoon from the climb to Muir overlook with Stinson Beach separating the Ocean from the Lagoon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vZZlQtpU3NIQjIfOPdSOdAgA3PTyPljOx4hzT7TlhGhsDjqt03fdfe5oU6dJQWxwtFFPgc-GS0vyv7INQjT2wbip51hov-wqyTeY0lRJT-Se1Rfhd1xwAG6eu3VV3CG8uvKoQr-88VTv/s1600/DSC02169.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vZZlQtpU3NIQjIfOPdSOdAgA3PTyPljOx4hzT7TlhGhsDjqt03fdfe5oU6dJQWxwtFFPgc-GS0vyv7INQjT2wbip51hov-wqyTeY0lRJT-Se1Rfhd1xwAG6eu3VV3CG8uvKoQr-88VTv/s320/DSC02169.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">As
you can see there are not many people at the beach, first it is Tuesday and
second the wind is really intense with very strong gusts. However, for the
moment it helps for the climbs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVwjAEEdWB07g0DIQAXwUCikoBau6KpkfJBq9fleNVYrzTJ2-sHt_UaUUbqgJlCzkhw9wUxbtP0Y3yxSAXw0KzRmhv2w9CCED0ZfGC0uNvFjYdKAF3QpzQrEOG17G2kh34_2oPHhBSH0MJ/s1600/DSC02178.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVwjAEEdWB07g0DIQAXwUCikoBau6KpkfJBq9fleNVYrzTJ2-sHt_UaUUbqgJlCzkhw9wUxbtP0Y3yxSAXw0KzRmhv2w9CCED0ZfGC0uNvFjYdKAF3QpzQrEOG17G2kh34_2oPHhBSH0MJ/s320/DSC02178.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhHDqdi8gVQUrZqn4eV4fUo9fkQS0yurs3As0DMSJQX51cliYDpbSrZQhK9lsXYfavAixcYjAQ6xwNRtVbP6u8MzF_52uuy1SblrH1lzmxPfQCNIUZerOQ_ZkqFIhYZTv9qQjI8Y4kW62_/s1600/DSC02175.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhHDqdi8gVQUrZqn4eV4fUo9fkQS0yurs3As0DMSJQX51cliYDpbSrZQhK9lsXYfavAixcYjAQ6xwNRtVbP6u8MzF_52uuy1SblrH1lzmxPfQCNIUZerOQ_ZkqFIhYZTv9qQjI8Y4kW62_/s320/DSC02175.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">The
road is similar to the one between Jenner and Fort Ross I rode yesterday, which
one is nicer? Impossible to decide!</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">On
the descent, now with headwinds, the gusts may have had some 60-90 km/h speed
and as much I <s>like</s> love my SLX 01, it is super sensitive to side winds.
At some point it nearly blew me off the street into the roadside ditch. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi32E5aAQMlJSEVrlRD1HMMfN1Ed0KhK7hyphenhyphenUQn6qiNhzsuqXuDGLVn1FRndVnvsmAQjxPVs5yR2fVnByIzNZ7VJfmX1jZtKMc6qR4t1HX_YjyRtRsvULsKRzMRx9E-RVvwaRYy40J7MXgxg/s1600/DSC02179.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi32E5aAQMlJSEVrlRD1HMMfN1Ed0KhK7hyphenhyphenUQn6qiNhzsuqXuDGLVn1FRndVnvsmAQjxPVs5yR2fVnByIzNZ7VJfmX1jZtKMc6qR4t1HX_YjyRtRsvULsKRzMRx9E-RVvwaRYy40J7MXgxg/s320/DSC02179.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">After
a Granola Bar at the only Market in a radius of maybe 20 Miles I returned to
Bolinas.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The
whole time here I did see only very few Surfers, however at Bolinas they seemed
to group as the parking lots were filled with cars having surf boards on the
roof or in the trunk. However times change and the cars are not VW Beetles and
Bullys anymore, but Lexus, Touareg, Audi or Porsche Cayenne SUVs.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG4zZSpNoWqajJ-Mj0OrNxs-x-Z2dWS_KfIG3JwH0qWPoOeAGYrPaoIZFx5xyYBcVifhZhGXRqzfDAl_sQlFUGSxVxqgRAMzCe7_GwUTSfx6gVbz8DyJn6cc4WtQWLN_cIixEEU1x7b_kZ/s1600/DSC02182.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG4zZSpNoWqajJ-Mj0OrNxs-x-Z2dWS_KfIG3JwH0qWPoOeAGYrPaoIZFx5xyYBcVifhZhGXRqzfDAl_sQlFUGSxVxqgRAMzCe7_GwUTSfx6gVbz8DyJn6cc4WtQWLN_cIixEEU1x7b_kZ/s320/DSC02182.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vTfMvkaHU0kqh0JkOjBEF5RTCF3LYuNnLKeqqmnH2Scg66KZNfoQwp05tE8WFVAGRJlsVMJ_K6omcJ_1FiyoKjr05EHBxvz-cssPNUr0sHrlMSxx71lJMqowO0IP_GUVTWmGad8a6LsU/s1600/DSC02186.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9vTfMvkaHU0kqh0JkOjBEF5RTCF3LYuNnLKeqqmnH2Scg66KZNfoQwp05tE8WFVAGRJlsVMJ_K6omcJ_1FiyoKjr05EHBxvz-cssPNUr0sHrlMSxx71lJMqowO0IP_GUVTWmGad8a6LsU/s320/DSC02186.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzUnHbUdQlif8_qYclZhYnBK3Yp8ClBMNzsz5qf_VCQCmIqGiqfger6G7irwHJHfKR6R6wWrNcigR7d0aeCwk4-TzXNW43x3ahVZQ03JKvWXiuPl-tA9565PpmXa4wYKd0uTmMspC8xbsq/s1600/DSC02187.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzUnHbUdQlif8_qYclZhYnBK3Yp8ClBMNzsz5qf_VCQCmIqGiqfger6G7irwHJHfKR6R6wWrNcigR7d0aeCwk4-TzXNW43x3ahVZQ03JKvWXiuPl-tA9565PpmXa4wYKd0uTmMspC8xbsq/s320/DSC02187.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">According
to my experience surfing is to 99.9% waiting for the perfect wave, which for
many of those guys seems never to come. To take a picture of a guy actually
surfing requires really great patience. The guys standing on the board with the
paddle, are much more active. They paddle out ride a wave, paddle back and in 1
minute later ride another one. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja2giou9kzvmEeJyuqfVeeriLav7LdW0TwTPLy0BBBzvgbLt2IMxtSXs9IyuN9sfNEC_MmoLFl6VuZAbMCtm8Xl8O92Q-kNUiv6MknBbuNJbDQFuKoi-W2HcWZWDqDQmNT-e6MFUgakh_m/s1600/DSC02181.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja2giou9kzvmEeJyuqfVeeriLav7LdW0TwTPLy0BBBzvgbLt2IMxtSXs9IyuN9sfNEC_MmoLFl6VuZAbMCtm8Xl8O92Q-kNUiv6MknBbuNJbDQFuKoi-W2HcWZWDqDQmNT-e6MFUgakh_m/s320/DSC02181.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrLxCD2C0hcJyamEHthZ2XcMMnnpxwSTlVYlI5RJYYedXBp7kOowSj0jUErc7ueSQKbEvV9STZgbk0cx-9OW8NW5cVZ24Rz23FcqEgT6ILHR75hEpdUFs7eYJIzA1NFOOd8sxlk604IoPt/s1600/DSC02189.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrLxCD2C0hcJyamEHthZ2XcMMnnpxwSTlVYlI5RJYYedXBp7kOowSj0jUErc7ueSQKbEvV9STZgbk0cx-9OW8NW5cVZ24Rz23FcqEgT6ILHR75hEpdUFs7eYJIzA1NFOOd8sxlk604IoPt/s320/DSC02189.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">I looked for a wind protected spot and spend the afternoon observing the surfers and advance with the reading of "Moby-Dick" which I now nearly finished, what will the end by like???</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Actually
my reading performance as really very, very poor...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhFn9AZjZgwjTItWUU8-oX8zZLpx4kvhoMhyphenhyphenMyOMOvbme5dlczTqe9DO52MNRDSvbptZKd_YkbegPzTgyM7PSQ7XOCzZfrzRKJsV6exwdzVJzaB5hPkNZlApboWo7grEvSA9H3aOhQ-w8I/s1600/Books.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhFn9AZjZgwjTItWUU8-oX8zZLpx4kvhoMhyphenhyphenMyOMOvbme5dlczTqe9DO52MNRDSvbptZKd_YkbegPzTgyM7PSQ7XOCzZfrzRKJsV6exwdzVJzaB5hPkNZlApboWo7grEvSA9H3aOhQ-w8I/s320/Books.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">... but this actually might be a good sign.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">So this was my second to last ride, which will be tomorrow with the Santa Rosa Cycling Club.</span></div>
<br />
<iframe frameborder="0" height="500px" src="http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2547313/embed" width="100%"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01804048240626449866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584978633557546291.post-38471701370207774772013-05-20T15:59:00.000-07:002013-05-20T16:07:12.575-07:00Bodega Bay - Fort Ross IIToday
was a “review” of a route I had done at the very beginning of my stay here in
Santa Rosa. Along the Highway Number 1 from Bodega Bay to Fort Ross and back.
The weather was just absolutely perfect, warm but not hot and the wind not too
breezy, a bit of haze but no fog.<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvHRFPsygitzYV6HcoCRae13Ukh9vGpUwejrUnS3IuKB6ES-JIC0lBA7tCMVRLwVOhT9_dyopcxfaEJW-OG-lhLlC80o2eU2TIS3R4RNHwJEVTcakY1-SO0dsetP7PF_xaGeyhAMk3V8Wg/s1600/DSC02143.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvHRFPsygitzYV6HcoCRae13Ukh9vGpUwejrUnS3IuKB6ES-JIC0lBA7tCMVRLwVOhT9_dyopcxfaEJW-OG-lhLlC80o2eU2TIS3R4RNHwJEVTcakY1-SO0dsetP7PF_xaGeyhAMk3V8Wg/s320/DSC02143.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgouvLT88KTRTNLKRxH0qi63b9SI1o_AGJkDaEyUs6K_Y6Pt70mIC5B3EOW-5uNMpx8f7XfKsOJaPJNd2Sg35vbMONLNbBgzNoidQ8dz71az_XN7Eijrs1yiXYfE2AUro5d50r14xHWGv6p/s1600/DSC02144.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgouvLT88KTRTNLKRxH0qi63b9SI1o_AGJkDaEyUs6K_Y6Pt70mIC5B3EOW-5uNMpx8f7XfKsOJaPJNd2Sg35vbMONLNbBgzNoidQ8dz71az_XN7Eijrs1yiXYfE2AUro5d50r14xHWGv6p/s320/DSC02144.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">The
scenery... ...unbelievable</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFasZduYZYsBKvGMQ3rpr8Qr-EmBJ1V_RaovkCK75X0fNAZtTjoLRCUiTXwiF86r4U7ZSNINmAJ9wXtn6ugIT6b7-5M2C19edw0mG_oyzl0J54WI_S5rpntFeRLbE_bKyE0EeLhsSuNtBo/s1600/DSC02154.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFasZduYZYsBKvGMQ3rpr8Qr-EmBJ1V_RaovkCK75X0fNAZtTjoLRCUiTXwiF86r4U7ZSNINmAJ9wXtn6ugIT6b7-5M2C19edw0mG_oyzl0J54WI_S5rpntFeRLbE_bKyE0EeLhsSuNtBo/s320/DSC02154.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2loDyu9iObMdKci3mEoZY7I59kyjIq5O8aIlb6QD-lybVq_l-BtDLhtQos-Jqxp3Ak-8EIUnanOaCmODMu9UZ4kfHsuL7CCE4qaNuODonfO31wGSMpC6aUit5AEUSQixQD4aEdoP31VtW/s1600/DSC02153.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2loDyu9iObMdKci3mEoZY7I59kyjIq5O8aIlb6QD-lybVq_l-BtDLhtQos-Jqxp3Ak-8EIUnanOaCmODMu9UZ4kfHsuL7CCE4qaNuODonfO31wGSMpC6aUit5AEUSQixQD4aEdoP31VtW/s320/DSC02153.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">The
ride... ...fantastic <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicJytTCclOklAF4fedWRGfoxqGGqvTM4qoTOhOpLHRtcoQ4UsMZQwiPGB6N4DguOQw8udfSLpekxU8fhMBIk4njMM5NsU2OhOpwWxgNxpCkK7fcXEvPsebmHrKj3kKNVVa6K2m94rJK0Z6/s1600/DSC02152.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicJytTCclOklAF4fedWRGfoxqGGqvTM4qoTOhOpLHRtcoQ4UsMZQwiPGB6N4DguOQw8udfSLpekxU8fhMBIk4njMM5NsU2OhOpwWxgNxpCkK7fcXEvPsebmHrKj3kKNVVa6K2m94rJK0Z6/s320/DSC02152.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCuf1BniA0WGXCLA4PEXHEZlVI4442Qv04h0i1CyHTokfIiWNayvFImNlyqMhOUGWp00Z_xqHp2d12DjRYBWTfrkpOQEg51QawvOaR2VvCKB-_P0v8zK0h3l6pbg62UmciyE2nDPdi0Nvp/s1600/DSC02160.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCuf1BniA0WGXCLA4PEXHEZlVI4442Qv04h0i1CyHTokfIiWNayvFImNlyqMhOUGWp00Z_xqHp2d12DjRYBWTfrkpOQEg51QawvOaR2VvCKB-_P0v8zK0h3l6pbg62UmciyE2nDPdi0Nvp/s320/DSC02160.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Fort Ross... ... Closed</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfsOd4l1ywYZkK2_sEuCKHySflpmcxPgxinppQxUsaJx69mmSQ3F3G3e0fkhYQHEDp5Ja48s6ceVbhBS67ioJnxNBj4eNr8HpJvboAg0DXlx9EVtgDldV160gQD-3A_YO2Vb_aHScLLsSn/s1600/DSC02147.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfsOd4l1ywYZkK2_sEuCKHySflpmcxPgxinppQxUsaJx69mmSQ3F3G3e0fkhYQHEDp5Ja48s6ceVbhBS67ioJnxNBj4eNr8HpJvboAg0DXlx9EVtgDldV160gQD-3A_YO2Vb_aHScLLsSn/s320/DSC02147.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitwd9q5B8EAYzPq2WSjfnrQoNrMiMkDKxWFIHnOjXIGog9M2Slpq-PKb6H0yhIJDCJNmPZG2wop5lqoqtZlH0OPrE__m7582DlLcTOokJpKTczvl5Sf0QC9OobL43PlgpI6Z0eJ3Rylvyd/s1600/DSC02148.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitwd9q5B8EAYzPq2WSjfnrQoNrMiMkDKxWFIHnOjXIGog9M2Slpq-PKb6H0yhIJDCJNmPZG2wop5lqoqtZlH0OPrE__m7582DlLcTOokJpKTczvl5Sf0QC9OobL43PlgpI6Z0eJ3Rylvyd/s320/DSC02148.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Lunch... ... Best Fish and Chips ever (Boat House / Bodega Bay) and the location (Arced Rock Beach) top notch</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicZu5aHwQvgpIdmjzPpQEG7u7oiYL-VOznro5tCVwh_CHrFkTM1RjNO-jG4mLXSWqVGJVlGDtDljVR8mAUji460qjQJilzQy7w6H2DZorVYz8VaRaCb0FNvIV3VsVmybs_qGzERtIWVWy2/s1600/DSC02165.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicZu5aHwQvgpIdmjzPpQEG7u7oiYL-VOznro5tCVwh_CHrFkTM1RjNO-jG4mLXSWqVGJVlGDtDljVR8mAUji460qjQJilzQy7w6H2DZorVYz8VaRaCb0FNvIV3VsVmybs_qGzERtIWVWy2/s320/DSC02165.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The company... ... a bit rusty </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieI16Vx4DnfkSZybjMPUHJc-SusKoT6FUKgc_m68BcHzGYOu40pi0li-aDMYaG99BiBjMiplXbkZ29NG1Zga1rbclNYUBU3-stBxZ_4wqwYIh_CnL6ReAuomRvF38tfmWNhTGKAWBqemFV/s1600/DSC02161.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieI16Vx4DnfkSZybjMPUHJc-SusKoT6FUKgc_m68BcHzGYOu40pi0li-aDMYaG99BiBjMiplXbkZ29NG1Zga1rbclNYUBU3-stBxZ_4wqwYIh_CnL6ReAuomRvF38tfmWNhTGKAWBqemFV/s320/DSC02161.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
All rides I did out here were just great, but this one is the Best. I have written this before, but it cannot get possibly any better than this. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<iframe frameborder="0" height="500px" src="http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2538918/embed" width="100%"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01804048240626449866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584978633557546291.post-67605522398314630002013-05-19T16:45:00.000-07:002013-05-19T16:45:14.681-07:00Bay to Breakers / Armstrong Woods<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">As
indicated yesterday, I had two options in mind for the program of this day. The
first was to take it easy and watch the “Tour of California” who’s final stage
would end today in Santa Rosa City Square. Actually already yesterday some of
the roads were closed there. The second option was to ride once more through
San Francisco and this was the option I chose. The reason is, that today is the
famous “Bay to the Breakers” run from Embarcadero at the Bay to the far west
end of Golden Gate Park were the Breaker Beach is located. The route of the run
is 12 km and the whole western part of the City is a huge party, you see lots
and lots of costumed people heavily partying everywhere and I have the feeling only few of them really participated at the run.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">So
I left home already before 8 o’clock and arrived at Fort Baker at 900. The weather
is gorgeous, immaculate blue sky, clear, warm but not hot and light wind. The
ride starts with the inevitable Hawk Hill Loop. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYSopECCSlfWt9gKWaAymEvERdMdGKKZ22VNr4htTagssFGnJyMdUy5znU9qAfZS32-KEggiPu69Qh9gNtCmYh18lj-gGdTSjWXAxRQsWNSQazJ1IldHy25wn5D4QNyKwcgzNMaUdTqHcx/s1600/DSC02109.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYSopECCSlfWt9gKWaAymEvERdMdGKKZ22VNr4htTagssFGnJyMdUy5znU9qAfZS32-KEggiPu69Qh9gNtCmYh18lj-gGdTSjWXAxRQsWNSQazJ1IldHy25wn5D4QNyKwcgzNMaUdTqHcx/s320/DSC02109.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">The across the Golden Gate Bridge over the “Camino del Mar” and to the Golden
Gate Park.</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7qwhN_dUVCMt9KxUXMduwEfCRZQVNoM1zuxrjC3W8q3DzJq1IAh7K4LRjjRUFSrLYw88gGHEYDBmthmjon_mRPsc48L-yyynXyuYDzneBaF9yjyOSBTgNtEoydjEPWM4FaBvfWufyevdp/s1600/DSC02117.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7qwhN_dUVCMt9KxUXMduwEfCRZQVNoM1zuxrjC3W8q3DzJq1IAh7K4LRjjRUFSrLYw88gGHEYDBmthmjon_mRPsc48L-yyynXyuYDzneBaF9yjyOSBTgNtEoydjEPWM4FaBvfWufyevdp/s320/DSC02117.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGvdvfB2y2HKmTMZ0NSUW-RFFZIRlwFjh072z5kphOBU8zvoMcE9OxdHzsosIokofcvCF7cm8sdQrne_J_qEXkFrAO-L9vpZg9bW5Px__OHfteXN79QTawO2dozCMUBxQbMKQ_Qb9mQ0fR/s1600/DSC02113.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGvdvfB2y2HKmTMZ0NSUW-RFFZIRlwFjh072z5kphOBU8zvoMcE9OxdHzsosIokofcvCF7cm8sdQrne_J_qEXkFrAO-L9vpZg9bW5Px__OHfteXN79QTawO2dozCMUBxQbMKQ_Qb9mQ0fR/s320/DSC02113.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhserKYmrrMgUp_NsY-nOWZoGzFe0_5dL5f09jh-wulLtD_s4c_gapuILwBAjx001wQtEUOKgmIAJkPOBu1vwt_GNC6C2nKmftfkjKFlxijnw-4GBH8XhZgShlIbCQ9cGzLvoSffW8aOgT/s1600/DSC02114.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhserKYmrrMgUp_NsY-nOWZoGzFe0_5dL5f09jh-wulLtD_s4c_gapuILwBAjx001wQtEUOKgmIAJkPOBu1vwt_GNC6C2nKmftfkjKFlxijnw-4GBH8XhZgShlIbCQ9cGzLvoSffW8aOgT/s320/DSC02114.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX-UzOeeTvPgP1_Q71PB63D6ORivV27k8peBpy2M1NqnLwxA0irQ28aLBM0JgedY0ZfTFJgqimf1q2FJv9J66AHJGhlKmboVPZzQTP5ltycOujcTAjoq1l4KBbe449N3k76CoB27bxzi_2/s1600/DSC02116.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX-UzOeeTvPgP1_Q71PB63D6ORivV27k8peBpy2M1NqnLwxA0irQ28aLBM0JgedY0ZfTFJgqimf1q2FJv9J66AHJGhlKmboVPZzQTP5ltycOujcTAjoq1l4KBbe449N3k76CoB27bxzi_2/s320/DSC02116.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Some
have reduced their “costume” to the max, wearing boots and a hat (if you do not
consider piercings, tattoos and painted flowers as part of the costume). Of course I am much too
shy to take a corresponding picture, not mentioning posting it! San Francisco at its best.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Next up the Hill of St. Ignatio...</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4BXLuZDsDls8kWpUES0baLFbo2BbeP7r-idtwCwrrdI7d9SiQhBNAS9VSSKreC9AhFxPtH4SZiy3nPEWlpJFx_ha86cIil9sKgRh8E8UG40IWalUIhfA-E8iR4lLsKAXwfWmrBTA7tgRu/s1600/DSC02122.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4BXLuZDsDls8kWpUES0baLFbo2BbeP7r-idtwCwrrdI7d9SiQhBNAS9VSSKreC9AhFxPtH4SZiy3nPEWlpJFx_ha86cIil9sKgRh8E8UG40IWalUIhfA-E8iR4lLsKAXwfWmrBTA7tgRu/s320/DSC02122.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Down to Civic Center and Markert Street...</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilcmrzj8M58Bmay5UJbCgcmUBnMng2AMmsOcHnK0wbhyphenhyphenUv4VjmGbNq_n_moz-e3MBDXcggPQhUEcYCsqxca4R1VKjZgWQfF0IfbjvVrbeEfx-8XXImhmhQRc6w58JL6clKXumZb36HKMcB/s1600/DSC02124.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilcmrzj8M58Bmay5UJbCgcmUBnMng2AMmsOcHnK0wbhyphenhyphenUv4VjmGbNq_n_moz-e3MBDXcggPQhUEcYCsqxca4R1VKjZgWQfF0IfbjvVrbeEfx-8XXImhmhQRc6w58JL6clKXumZb36HKMcB/s320/DSC02124.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2lo61ZmLMeRqGN2tJnE0Lo9LByqdvLl01bfgcPMQxrJMyN5WlJ3x5k3Dg9Q8TEO41rKbvGRqP0AUloIIjsXNVntCcl-8OCganHQdaopher3AIAbNnN9ciJDgvo87y3slCZ8MebPxEgxFk/s1600/DSC02125.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2lo61ZmLMeRqGN2tJnE0Lo9LByqdvLl01bfgcPMQxrJMyN5WlJ3x5k3Dg9Q8TEO41rKbvGRqP0AUloIIjsXNVntCcl-8OCganHQdaopher3AIAbNnN9ciJDgvo87y3slCZ8MebPxEgxFk/s320/DSC02125.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">The
cold cleanliness of the skyscrapers contrasts with the view of “destroyed”
people in street and the occasional smell of urine you catch at the corners.
Riding down Market Street always leaves me with very mixed feelings, not because of
fear or so, but of the ridiculous richness and the devastated poorness not two arm
length apart from each other. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqI6A9BwgcBDGCGm0E859s1Mg19vVDdArWqpxH4eLGWRX-B-F7X0dnqxnK7Tcb9UuMtFRdpNTbw09e5xZiSL-yGqE-7e5zTJNT8KbFYfB3z4_o8YgVatkzQcv2A7CHSiTRIOyO8j_QDCco/s1600/DSC02126.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqI6A9BwgcBDGCGm0E859s1Mg19vVDdArWqpxH4eLGWRX-B-F7X0dnqxnK7Tcb9UuMtFRdpNTbw09e5xZiSL-yGqE-7e5zTJNT8KbFYfB3z4_o8YgVatkzQcv2A7CHSiTRIOyO8j_QDCco/s320/DSC02126.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">The
Transamerica Pyramid marks the end of Financial District...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidL2zoVLBin72_PHKB8XiBeop95U3kDXZwc4Ba6Azzoa94azOn6PPc96vzAFXFGq6X8x7jduPiGrwRkyOGZQpcipfqSMhbYuNzxY_FTvlx28w5bwOaFAeq1BekBVT2cZ2NvnrPluGmbtn5/s1600/Pyramid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidL2zoVLBin72_PHKB8XiBeop95U3kDXZwc4Ba6Azzoa94azOn6PPc96vzAFXFGq6X8x7jduPiGrwRkyOGZQpcipfqSMhbYuNzxY_FTvlx28w5bwOaFAeq1BekBVT2cZ2NvnrPluGmbtn5/s320/Pyramid.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">... and Columbus Street (which means little Italy) begins, which will take me passed countless Italian Restaurants to the wharf...</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4GYx1Sw4oXHtDqdLtGunCUCQqg0XAJpiq91Tq76QYAs9-4tQo-aqNe7OCO876aLy03NAkzEdE3XLVo-d0F2Tv_iJ7TfVJr0ywr7lEIUqLDTlhlwUt_MWg4fqJqelp_Gif0JBssG8or_K0/s1600/DSC02133.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4GYx1Sw4oXHtDqdLtGunCUCQqg0XAJpiq91Tq76QYAs9-4tQo-aqNe7OCO876aLy03NAkzEdE3XLVo-d0F2Tv_iJ7TfVJr0ywr7lEIUqLDTlhlwUt_MWg4fqJqelp_Gif0JBssG8or_K0/s320/DSC02133.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
... and there it is again time to rest my bones, before I need to confront the breezy headwind to get back across the Golden Gate to my car. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9pi001zrToFfeI_vLL-VpKnk5uuzvpsfOI9-zIyb37p9b0LP7q2KguH6oM3IZ1eNSLjBmdGdRw9mHhZ6GGIUEAInHx_dGwyZCnhOEt46teEnLtb7gw2NPmIwZFv75X8FBWDR6HzLjwph3/s1600/DSC02135.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9pi001zrToFfeI_vLL-VpKnk5uuzvpsfOI9-zIyb37p9b0LP7q2KguH6oM3IZ1eNSLjBmdGdRw9mHhZ6GGIUEAInHx_dGwyZCnhOEt46teEnLtb7gw2NPmIwZFv75X8FBWDR6HzLjwph3/s320/DSC02135.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">On
my way back home I made a little detour to Guerneville and rode up to Armstrong
Woods again. This time with the legs still a bit hurting from yesterday, I left
out to climb to the summit of Armstrong Woods Rd with its 20+ % grades. The
wood itself is like a cathedral in which the trees and the light make everything
“vertical” and fleeing to the sky. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW5toabnQHgE3PsRrADhyphenhyphenvetSgSH0lSucZ64C8wz6zg35LIS6LlEtrsiEcQypdOoZmooklOxf1h0RbfTna0wgvvqnfGlsOYVssnSQFdq3WCSEyZBYu_dJ6NgyspBzHHOzO-5gtWOE3P6Uw/s1600/DSC02142.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW5toabnQHgE3PsRrADhyphenhyphenvetSgSH0lSucZ64C8wz6zg35LIS6LlEtrsiEcQypdOoZmooklOxf1h0RbfTna0wgvvqnfGlsOYVssnSQFdq3WCSEyZBYu_dJ6NgyspBzHHOzO-5gtWOE3P6Uw/s320/DSC02142.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Riding amongst giants...</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0LfAqmjofn0BYmaInYFnng3tyJ9J-kL4ycRNHBTEsEb1yN2-31ojpC2tTXsyV9OyCwd3dRUTJBIyutnZLQN1yeL9fKH_F7PM1AQVOI32_dOoBpugyQnM70pMt9SzMatubfKLey-rz7_JY/s1600/DSC02141.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0LfAqmjofn0BYmaInYFnng3tyJ9J-kL4ycRNHBTEsEb1yN2-31ojpC2tTXsyV9OyCwd3dRUTJBIyutnZLQN1yeL9fKH_F7PM1AQVOI32_dOoBpugyQnM70pMt9SzMatubfKLey-rz7_JY/s320/DSC02141.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01804048240626449866noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584978633557546291.post-53279862837683802712013-05-18T15:52:00.000-07:002013-05-19T07:14:28.332-07:00Echelon Gran Fondo Sonoma<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Today the program of the day is clear. Got
up at 530, drove to Sonoma and arrived at 700 to get ready for the 75 Mile / 6600
feet climb (120 km / 2000 m climb) ride. There will be more than a thousand
riders taking at the 11, 50 or 75 Mile tracks. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjINrIb76UvYZB8kH1q3k_rSTGlReE9BjrIpLFM24TYtPyAW4lHA0YoaffP5UON81yZdF06pq0h5ZHRLIfPJM2pR2d4xu-MlYk1IW6upqR_itBXBuJi6mQ7iLFrQirlZVC7qLYoimHntchA/s1600/DSC02096.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjINrIb76UvYZB8kH1q3k_rSTGlReE9BjrIpLFM24TYtPyAW4lHA0YoaffP5UON81yZdF06pq0h5ZHRLIfPJM2pR2d4xu-MlYk1IW6upqR_itBXBuJi6mQ7iLFrQirlZVC7qLYoimHntchA/s320/DSC02096.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqgv1rjEg6mHQV6KsX-RJ4Bu1TRkzfg1O50Gz-DuI7DQLHYgDX_kn5xods1m0-M7yo2p-poD-oKPHHQXwfuTL_kUQWoAcsAkz-jwDUXsdftwQocdMhQh8ha752CcjmqTGASSAhztCGjri/s1600/DSC02097.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqgv1rjEg6mHQV6KsX-RJ4Bu1TRkzfg1O50Gz-DuI7DQLHYgDX_kn5xods1m0-M7yo2p-poD-oKPHHQXwfuTL_kUQWoAcsAkz-jwDUXsdftwQocdMhQh8ha752CcjmqTGASSAhztCGjri/s320/DSC02097.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">0750 and 10 minutes till the “race” will
start...<span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiufETtNnrI0_vQj9ZOu8Z4noPBK0b879y1GEMirtxaFXWBJX3UKED8Of7jiCktYOajIUMLyrYM6xjJjK-GLU3IHsMloZfDSvW7rliSXV7QqsNrHBaZ2m71Xo98COF-vZOLVK5dZNTl8P7l/s1600/DSC02100.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiufETtNnrI0_vQj9ZOu8Z4noPBK0b879y1GEMirtxaFXWBJX3UKED8Of7jiCktYOajIUMLyrYM6xjJjK-GLU3IHsMloZfDSvW7rliSXV7QqsNrHBaZ2m71Xo98COF-vZOLVK5dZNTl8P7l/s320/DSC02100.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Looking at the people around me and the
bikes they ride I really reconsider, if this is right for me and indeed the pace on the
first few, flat miles was horrendous and the bumpy routes did not really help.
Well I was in the very first section of the “peloton” and I thought if this
goes on like this, the 120 km will be very great “fun”. But I must say that riding in a peloton like group with some 100 riders is really special. The first very light climbs
near Napa however assured me, that everybody here is only cooking with water and
although I am really a terrible climber I found out that most people here are
even worse ones. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">I am sorry that I do not have more
pictures of the ride, but in racing mode there are no Photo-stops scheduled. Most
of the route I have actually already ridden before! E.g. I now have have climbed
Mt. Veeder from both sides and also Bennet Valley Rd in very familiar to me. There
were some sections like Trinity Rd and Mt. Sonoma Rd that I had on my wish list
and now I have finally ridden, so it was very complementary.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">After 5h 5’ with all stops the course was
done and according to the ratio overtaken/been overtaken I am quite happy with
my performance. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">The after ride party in the city square
was great too. For the 75 Mile riders there was a hot buffet with Curry,
Macaroni an Chees, grilled Chicken and Pasta Bolognese which really tasted
great (the hunger after the ride might has influenced my judgement here!) and
one should never underestimate the refined taste that an ice chilled beer can
develop.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdF95QGkN7v7fEjOS-YSfZ8eSSw2cvPZaIx28TQffo3ABlQ1reM-s3jDd7H0zFROV7e9NbqqsI_1BS4xcyPqspL1QNSijWm6lxWLNJebwEZcCCZ_Kshv17kQyzwvBkF8ATnXRgVJHb97MZ/s1600/DSC02103.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdF95QGkN7v7fEjOS-YSfZ8eSSw2cvPZaIx28TQffo3ABlQ1reM-s3jDd7H0zFROV7e9NbqqsI_1BS4xcyPqspL1QNSijWm6lxWLNJebwEZcCCZ_Kshv17kQyzwvBkF8ATnXRgVJHb97MZ/s320/DSC02103.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span lang="EN-GB">My time here in
California draws inevitably to its end and though I am looking forward
returning back home, the bike-lifestyle could really be addictive to me (</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgyfn_eHfoo"><span lang="EN-GB">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgyfn_eHfoo</span></a><span lang="EN-GB">). Four
more days to go, Wednesday is booked for the Club ride. Tomorrow Sunday there is the option to
watch the “Tour of California” final stage here at Santa Rosa City Square or to go to San
Francisco and watch the “Bay to Breakers”. As my legs do not feel too tiered I
think I will say “good bye” to SF. This means two days remain; one is reserved
to the SF-Stinson Beach Loop which I absolutely need to ride once more. So only
one day, which is not yet defined, remains, but most probably it will be Bodega
Bay – Fort Ross. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span lang="EN-GB">What will I miss? The weather, the views, the lifestyle, the freedom...</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipWjmDPsHnZ3vC11Xt32o-bVUY6cr865hOSrcINP9l3Jo2U7DfG6dJPmq2ASbWrUkUmSWS6qnl5AHiN_RgYOTFqwP2sY9mXTjY6NS1y3NPp6fVsKmGTF94yi-_3UCpG7sbiuCviE8ywRUi/s1600/DSC02102.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipWjmDPsHnZ3vC11Xt32o-bVUY6cr865hOSrcINP9l3Jo2U7DfG6dJPmq2ASbWrUkUmSWS6qnl5AHiN_RgYOTFqwP2sY9mXTjY6NS1y3NPp6fVsKmGTF94yi-_3UCpG7sbiuCviE8ywRUi/s320/DSC02102.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
and the "bike chicks", a very abundant species around here... Seriously, really many women living up to the true "road bike spirit" here. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4aY2fsg1gksfFzgYQSyhM5ov6FfNX3DpgobYMQhJbH244knE-EP4MX42C_nTAKtaRCAzYNrKKdfarH9J9qPmLjjz17HRxVp8uwAkauGNmWN_M9AWDl5TsGjXmWG43BWZTnRBe_9xjA2NP/s1600/DSC02092.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4aY2fsg1gksfFzgYQSyhM5ov6FfNX3DpgobYMQhJbH244knE-EP4MX42C_nTAKtaRCAzYNrKKdfarH9J9qPmLjjz17HRxVp8uwAkauGNmWN_M9AWDl5TsGjXmWG43BWZTnRBe_9xjA2NP/s320/DSC02092.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
What will I not miss?</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-avDSjzsE-0w_sRUZKkkxOjozapdGe5FGykdbJLogAp0m4On-OOJBPywvhbP49FyEPoFYYXgXr08YKaXoxak36Wvwhn8L7uTXT2Kl7oj0T_kdiBZzIWYCtfJPC1zZWbEsVHUqlJnZKJMI/s1600/DSC02101.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-avDSjzsE-0w_sRUZKkkxOjozapdGe5FGykdbJLogAp0m4On-OOJBPywvhbP49FyEPoFYYXgXr08YKaXoxak36Wvwhn8L7uTXT2Kl7oj0T_kdiBZzIWYCtfJPC1zZWbEsVHUqlJnZKJMI/s320/DSC02101.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Pot holes the size of platters and 10 cm or (much) deeper. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik-N5VJk95xfZheLPuhystRgejO4LXRrEujtFtlUR5MZky-JPyRJSmr2MYeNeJ69wRoc6ciL7A1DOJ3PYKJUYoc3EdXoGFsydlpHsMIX_mTLqWShIttnGg-WWFV1477_xNW_pWbG7xC76n/s1600/DSC01690.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik-N5VJk95xfZheLPuhystRgejO4LXRrEujtFtlUR5MZky-JPyRJSmr2MYeNeJ69wRoc6ciL7A1DOJ3PYKJUYoc3EdXoGFsydlpHsMIX_mTLqWShIttnGg-WWFV1477_xNW_pWbG7xC76n/s320/DSC01690.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">“Rough” might be an adequate adjective to
describe the surface of sand paper, but is a joke when referring to the
structure of many back roads here. Actually I think that I can trash my rims
after my rides here... <span style="font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhD8XyJc_mGmUJByAqggy8pUH4V3YsDerBSlN82a5BBjL0wFZGogDycGqNwxUIJBtDyDF23tJIN8sqiJ5ocltb4vMpMOCBsCiNyzs5aJeTLdgJgYzdIaL0ebbU2zAaH6P6P_HB9SqLT8Yp/s1600/DSC02093.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhD8XyJc_mGmUJByAqggy8pUH4V3YsDerBSlN82a5BBjL0wFZGogDycGqNwxUIJBtDyDF23tJIN8sqiJ5ocltb4vMpMOCBsCiNyzs5aJeTLdgJgYzdIaL0ebbU2zAaH6P6P_HB9SqLT8Yp/s320/DSC02093.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Price question: "Is it just the color comming of the welding joint or is it a full grown crack of the inner rim ?" Need to check with a bike mechanic here...</span></span></div>
<br />
<iframe src="http://ridewithgps.com/routes/880390/embed" height="500px" width="100%" frameborder="0"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01804048240626449866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584978633557546291.post-11004232170540362372013-05-17T14:56:00.000-07:002013-05-17T17:48:14.445-07:00Wednesday Club Ride<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Again I went for a Club ride of some 64 km
and now it is time for a giant Hamburger to pack some calories for tomorrow.
The bike is cleaned, pumped up and lubricated. After an hour of Siesta I will
head to Sonoma for the registration and packet pick-up, so that I do not need
to stand in cue for tomorrow. The race starts at 800 in Sonoma, so I will need
to get up 0530 or so. Hope my legs will feel o.k. <span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz8TG46UtIwF-VccjqxI-WdRR5WRHIvF6AqP0Qw7qe8s07kcI5bDTxCN2z9-nLgtS6ylacEn2eYH0UpY4BzEP75Zs6htO8e4Pz9rO_hHj55v1Vk0iS4h6gABU4-dW-uHqa85HuDmVJH8-S/s1600/DSC02094.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz8TG46UtIwF-VccjqxI-WdRR5WRHIvF6AqP0Qw7qe8s07kcI5bDTxCN2z9-nLgtS6ylacEn2eYH0UpY4BzEP75Zs6htO8e4Pz9rO_hHj55v1Vk0iS4h6gABU4-dW-uHqa85HuDmVJH8-S/s320/DSC02094.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">New Career?</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<iframe frameborder="0" height="500px" src="http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2526576/embed" width="100%"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01804048240626449866noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584978633557546291.post-70532432366825304602013-05-16T17:27:00.001-07:002013-05-16T17:29:49.489-07:00Resting Day and Legion of Honour <br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">As today rainy weather was announced and
in view of the Grand Fond Ride I will have on Saturday, I thought that after
some 1400 km on the bike it would be a good idea to take a resting day. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">After all the weather turned out not to be
as bad, but still I decided that it was high time for some culture. The plan
was to visit the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). On the way there
I wanted also to stop at the Legion of Honour to have a look inside, now that I
have passed a few times with the bike. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">This has been an excellent choice indeed. <span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijFcEntMi3oUzFY0fyVC_mifWoaCj-rxAkCxkUUcsIDMNr6EPJSQkRifxRaliU-9fXkSs68ZIjFZGEkVi4W7O88LO-R-PyqCec7KHuYmbA8JpJfsNa4FFS1GVxy3X1-MOwq5WxXZU8by_Y/s1600/DSC02077.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijFcEntMi3oUzFY0fyVC_mifWoaCj-rxAkCxkUUcsIDMNr6EPJSQkRifxRaliU-9fXkSs68ZIjFZGEkVi4W7O88LO-R-PyqCec7KHuYmbA8JpJfsNa4FFS1GVxy3X1-MOwq5WxXZU8by_Y/s320/DSC02077.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4gSxunHzxMwUrMNK8lObrVJghSvamSZYTVSLpYVhmTB67-nA1PCVwYiFpf5DvX4YWr5w7dRufQHrGdR-JsvCD9nCO7d9CePPdN_jdcLej8vluTCceZz-gp7ZY_2qcTJ303mlnlV-87GLR/s1600/DSC02081.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4gSxunHzxMwUrMNK8lObrVJghSvamSZYTVSLpYVhmTB67-nA1PCVwYiFpf5DvX4YWr5w7dRufQHrGdR-JsvCD9nCO7d9CePPdN_jdcLej8vluTCceZz-gp7ZY_2qcTJ303mlnlV-87GLR/s320/DSC02081.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Due to my ignorance I discovered that it
held an absolutely wonderful classic art collection. Which starts with a very
impressive collection of sculptures, mainly bronzes, from August Rodin. The “Thinker”
is placed before the main entrance in the Aula as you can see on the picture
above. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl7kew2CpPNF2zhHyvjXv67tBTich2fkLCVFF7jd6anefnwotJt23pULlt2ZYrfvabqEd7Nb1kKeycU8pnteXnoOyRVUgxk2zQ2LQfoXCtSPlTne0nkIx7qX83YZhhvFLT-jSofz8EmnYY/s1600/DSC02090.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl7kew2CpPNF2zhHyvjXv67tBTich2fkLCVFF7jd6anefnwotJt23pULlt2ZYrfvabqEd7Nb1kKeycU8pnteXnoOyRVUgxk2zQ2LQfoXCtSPlTne0nkIx7qX83YZhhvFLT-jSofz8EmnYY/s400/DSC02090.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrGf8tRYQ1Gq4Gp2Q_VoF0UerCzTi5kLUh2VqrKvOfv9AajEw7_u43lJ6iSQU5TyXt-9ni0Xxh36IdiYhQB2phKo9oP-Ohz3MLgR4vkB8EMIM773Cg2MhUGJYOMLL4msquTJB-yuLDyisM/s1600/DSC02080.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrGf8tRYQ1Gq4Gp2Q_VoF0UerCzTi5kLUh2VqrKvOfv9AajEw7_u43lJ6iSQU5TyXt-9ni0Xxh36IdiYhQB2phKo9oP-Ohz3MLgR4vkB8EMIM773Cg2MhUGJYOMLL4msquTJB-yuLDyisM/s320/DSC02080.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">The collection is not overwhelmingly vast
as in the Louvre or the Hermitage, but is absolutely exquisite and will take
you from the Sumerian, Egyptian and Greek classic artefacts to paintings from
the early Renaissance, Baroque to modern impressionists like Monet and
modernists like Picasso. <span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHmE0ysBKmm6F0qSu7nlHkXBzieOXBmMzZiqOSCF_FaNOUqe2rQBERZ9Z3ifslvWFggfR3k0R91Az7B2-W_FBQxFZvlgm8ShbkX4uLPV4zaH6PrTfiE-pktTn_DPmEC0Jk_U4N3ozt23tx/s1600/DSC02086.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHmE0ysBKmm6F0qSu7nlHkXBzieOXBmMzZiqOSCF_FaNOUqe2rQBERZ9Z3ifslvWFggfR3k0R91Az7B2-W_FBQxFZvlgm8ShbkX4uLPV4zaH6PrTfiE-pktTn_DPmEC0Jk_U4N3ozt23tx/s320/DSC02086.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGu1ZhpZw_c0RcrUQotFmz9AWphN0OJlV5tG-pG8WczmnaBHnvKamS26_-Via8CJXxf_UZaAk9EDPuuHxnJGXX2_LrOtPHj5iaAF7oLO0U1qfSPufd5Pe9fnYVG-qBoH1V-awypMpn0GKO/s1600/DSC02083.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGu1ZhpZw_c0RcrUQotFmz9AWphN0OJlV5tG-pG8WczmnaBHnvKamS26_-Via8CJXxf_UZaAk9EDPuuHxnJGXX2_LrOtPHj5iaAF7oLO0U1qfSPufd5Pe9fnYVG-qBoH1V-awypMpn0GKO/s320/DSC02083.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDKsOIA8sIZWDuQB_ylOV99Ggbc4PLPN0QculicWYzttnecjkMP7WHSMF3SH0SSAh0keR5t27Q4x-tTq1ExXK4q_DJaCG14kmBXF3F2GcIPczE0ny1LkR9YEHTgNi3naFse3qU5brbX1mi/s1600/DSC02089.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDKsOIA8sIZWDuQB_ylOV99Ggbc4PLPN0QculicWYzttnecjkMP7WHSMF3SH0SSAh0keR5t27Q4x-tTq1ExXK4q_DJaCG14kmBXF3F2GcIPczE0ny1LkR9YEHTgNi3naFse3qU5brbX1mi/s320/DSC02089.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRSDDqvJTvhZImg8lEraVyvT-A5QxUVgydjh0GCHi5lmhTXFF2KrjqJIz7gWtzFWkJPoEOALZs_o-19eyRO4SXWTaEgX0vnf8Xb1fUSP5x4u13Xm5xHal9Gywp2QY6HW8Xou4mcykmgtw-/s1600/DSC02087.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRSDDqvJTvhZImg8lEraVyvT-A5QxUVgydjh0GCHi5lmhTXFF2KrjqJIz7gWtzFWkJPoEOALZs_o-19eyRO4SXWTaEgX0vnf8Xb1fUSP5x4u13Xm5xHal9Gywp2QY6HW8Xou4mcykmgtw-/s320/DSC02087.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">There were only very few people and the
rooms are very nicely fitted with furniture of the epoch the rooms are r</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">e</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">presenting. So the
ambience was very calm and left you much time to stroll around and lose
yourself in the watching of the exhibits. <span style="font-size: medium;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9VPDxTzJkt3_GuYe0yIePTFO9cCE0t9lIH6cupI9PB7cr26unZEleS4b6pRGI4YBTxfXGAQoqvQtfftKiMRDBXAoJfrkkTFuEmHkwE5VCK205wuBCjNHNluXywYumGBTa08_siBKrEYnE/s1600/DSC02085.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9VPDxTzJkt3_GuYe0yIePTFO9cCE0t9lIH6cupI9PB7cr26unZEleS4b6pRGI4YBTxfXGAQoqvQtfftKiMRDBXAoJfrkkTFuEmHkwE5VCK205wuBCjNHNluXywYumGBTa08_siBKrEYnE/s400/DSC02085.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">So the "short stop" turned out to last till mid-afternoon
and no time left for the SFMOMA. Well I am not too sad about that, as I am a bit
of a “classicist”. I then parked my car at the Embarcadero and headed over the
Telegraph hill to Chinatown for some (excellent) Chinese food. As I forgot the
camera in the car I will spare you with any further pictures. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">The rest of my stay here now is completely
programmed and there are some 450 km on the bike which still wait for me and it
will start off with another Club ride tomorrow starting at 900 at Sebastopol, which means getting up early. <span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01804048240626449866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584978633557546291.post-12896669389837857762013-05-15T17:39:00.003-07:002013-05-15T17:39:12.190-07:00Club Ride SRCC VToday things are again simple and I went for a ride with the Santa Rosa Cycling Club. This afternoon I will chill and watch the Tour de California which will end on Sunday here in Santa Rosa.<br />
<br />
<iframe frameborder="0" height="500px" src="http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2516427/embed" width="100%"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01804048240626449866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584978633557546291.post-33973324287582809392013-05-14T17:45:00.000-07:002013-05-14T17:45:11.608-07:00Golden Gate - Stinson Beach<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Today I will ride the HW 1 from the Golden
Gate Bridge up to Stinson Beach and the Stinson Laguna. Weather today is
wonderful with a strong breeze as always in the Bay. After many shots of the GG
Bridge from Fort Baker, now today the other way round. <span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAwqb893967lWjGUBFhV51ZTKx2Bzl3mX9ypbZl00aTatcAhzOGd9P3L5uYAnUXgw-C5tT0Yb31Omw6Wdy8oX2vUQmR_16wINZ1hRAwDZKZSTHYKHemjNgeNDsKQ_vL_MYiLzhBK9ckKRr/s1600/DSC02062.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAwqb893967lWjGUBFhV51ZTKx2Bzl3mX9ypbZl00aTatcAhzOGd9P3L5uYAnUXgw-C5tT0Yb31Omw6Wdy8oX2vUQmR_16wINZ1hRAwDZKZSTHYKHemjNgeNDsKQ_vL_MYiLzhBK9ckKRr/s320/DSC02062.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">The ride goes through Sausalito and after
a first hill descents to Muir Beach, where one can also go to the Muir Forrest
to walk in a secluded grove of Giant Redwood trees. Actually the place is also
famous for a scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo (</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJpo-z2m3dI"><span lang="EN-GB">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJpo-z2m3dI</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">). Muir Beach is rather small, but well protected in a bay. <span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp_bgSbPkSUZpkjCDRGPJRiToa07C-OO43ikXUu8Ow6ak69qxnOhyphenhyphenyWLS4xX_Y8XObXmMQsRzV7NZ8uYf3NoU4fVzG2x40AznqGCfhalOlaoiDKsdQQeqkcHyWJXg27sv-PSuK09-yUO8W/s1600/Muir.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp_bgSbPkSUZpkjCDRGPJRiToa07C-OO43ikXUu8Ow6ak69qxnOhyphenhyphenyWLS4xX_Y8XObXmMQsRzV7NZ8uYf3NoU4fVzG2x40AznqGCfhalOlaoiDKsdQQeqkcHyWJXg27sv-PSuK09-yUO8W/s320/Muir.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Climbing a short while and the Hw now follows the coast line. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaHKB3Wio7dQ_uMJyO36zyFbI9bBuhMiHsrrj2NI2GCu45vteges2qrFO1g9vAc8OVKfXm6Mdty2lcYg_JSm1L3gEUzdc1eQ3jPxujDudsOOzPZ3jdETXWNyqY27yvpJfVOaTHj3_0oPza/s1600/DSC02048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaHKB3Wio7dQ_uMJyO36zyFbI9bBuhMiHsrrj2NI2GCu45vteges2qrFO1g9vAc8OVKfXm6Mdty2lcYg_JSm1L3gEUzdc1eQ3jPxujDudsOOzPZ3jdETXWNyqY27yvpJfVOaTHj3_0oPza/s320/DSC02048.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="line-height: 18px;">As always the views are fantastic, spectacular, one of a kind...</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT2HzLms0OJqGWhopc6Y_jVpTbaETN6WlWsVR64TOFgsVITpBG2xAAmfBJfS7AQcJiCky8ealANboAKYIkoNlZzaXK_yilPGRPhDQ9tcVTyLqhiYCU8lzacNjjjObErqAON3GfITBr64oa/s1600/DSC02052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT2HzLms0OJqGWhopc6Y_jVpTbaETN6WlWsVR64TOFgsVITpBG2xAAmfBJfS7AQcJiCky8ealANboAKYIkoNlZzaXK_yilPGRPhDQ9tcVTyLqhiYCU8lzacNjjjObErqAON3GfITBr64oa/s320/DSC02052.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpCxJChN_cq9dKWQRfZah1sWz1EfvRfblfRdYG1vHH92RaifUUS5t8CUmRWhxyCJb4KK24QT1ouowoqh30AjO6ZJPeidvGiBxtpZc286BRhWGTF6diLOP0GUagLINj6IPiZyRJEg-YOoCL/s1600/DSC02051.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpCxJChN_cq9dKWQRfZah1sWz1EfvRfblfRdYG1vHH92RaifUUS5t8CUmRWhxyCJb4KK24QT1ouowoqh30AjO6ZJPeidvGiBxtpZc286BRhWGTF6diLOP0GUagLINj6IPiZyRJEg-YOoCL/s320/DSC02051.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Can it get any better than this? The ride
is never level, but either climbs or descents. After some miles I arrive </span>at
my „destination“ Stinson Beach. <o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPnebI3T2ed4PMc9FNJxzsaXeYG0afi_fNLxlXsBQVpeByjHaNcRgPEC3-x_p2mswjCI5XvFdwdD0_x8s8kM2NTWuQ2jCCBm2pg9bany26phkUF_f545yHEhSq8RkV6vjzoWkyMJOuCFvi/s1600/DSC02054.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPnebI3T2ed4PMc9FNJxzsaXeYG0afi_fNLxlXsBQVpeByjHaNcRgPEC3-x_p2mswjCI5XvFdwdD0_x8s8kM2NTWuQ2jCCBm2pg9bany26phkUF_f545yHEhSq8RkV6vjzoWkyMJOuCFvi/s320/DSC02054.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">I continued a bit further to Stinson
Laguna, which falls nearly dry at ebb tide. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4kdPEGLbq6I5QRllf9XJCL9Wd31h4gWM8qRufP1EjMeqhVSLM0G4HcP8BchCGrSA9KN8e-00hgHb_g3MYyUCMY7dKd3KhyphenhyphenVeq5pfkKI9BpAsGNv-vIRkEY13osjPdxymvcVSe81bCCzWb/s1600/DSC02075.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4kdPEGLbq6I5QRllf9XJCL9Wd31h4gWM8qRufP1EjMeqhVSLM0G4HcP8BchCGrSA9KN8e-00hgHb_g3MYyUCMY7dKd3KhyphenhyphenVeq5pfkKI9BpAsGNv-vIRkEY13osjPdxymvcVSe81bCCzWb/s320/DSC02075.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">After the inevitable banana and a homemade
honey-granola bar from the Stinson Market (they are great and pack a lot of
calories) I got back to the Golden Gate and after getting out of the bike cloth
I returned to Stinson Beach on my way home with the car for a walk.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9m3wBh2UOyx66-dpanEjeKwcOW_YrtlEEpfZUHdcviaGwEB3u1cRERvPnCheO9fZ82zqKlb3vfwSK-m9eRAICgGW2DZPdO59hyDbIZ0E1cRmnl3XgWV5kMIMPr1FhdXK5vvH-u5NyXe2L/s1600/DSC02064.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9m3wBh2UOyx66-dpanEjeKwcOW_YrtlEEpfZUHdcviaGwEB3u1cRERvPnCheO9fZ82zqKlb3vfwSK-m9eRAICgGW2DZPdO59hyDbIZ0E1cRmnl3XgWV5kMIMPr1FhdXK5vvH-u5NyXe2L/s320/DSC02064.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">Incredible but after 4 weeks here it is
the first time that I get my feet wet in the Pacific Ocean.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-koDyP0aM5xHXOfNKKP4zh7zC-x2etwqCwq85IOvTvADFBOcB7xioIZFfSR5hV-UgHoWyz145ZbY_rsOg-teiJeUk2oIi4IESWuTQPkSYjo_MH7iZRlUaz1mXLbDRSW4SIZQpJ8Q-3InO/s1600/DSC02067.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-koDyP0aM5xHXOfNKKP4zh7zC-x2etwqCwq85IOvTvADFBOcB7xioIZFfSR5hV-UgHoWyz145ZbY_rsOg-teiJeUk2oIi4IESWuTQPkSYjo_MH7iZRlUaz1mXLbDRSW4SIZQpJ8Q-3InO/s320/DSC02067.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilqx7SoJfFAyMlkoBBnsQz7j4w9_Ooc7YR-Q7fXpm7asdGiSf-XpTB9cVK-16MAbMQxe6VFQN-TvzgQhJti4Q-0zIpFWgtqjinrWEr7gdt746Hi9bjWuqB-1FrBox4S5j_s4jGe1evxxEv/s1600/DSC02069.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilqx7SoJfFAyMlkoBBnsQz7j4w9_Ooc7YR-Q7fXpm7asdGiSf-XpTB9cVK-16MAbMQxe6VFQN-TvzgQhJti4Q-0zIpFWgtqjinrWEr7gdt746Hi9bjWuqB-1FrBox4S5j_s4jGe1evxxEv/s320/DSC02069.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The water is really cold and there were only two Kite-Surfer out in the water.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiweTDsb5B_PwFOtVimBlMczEB2MPECZYwMoZV8JYfmX3IvywySbZWGFjyCqmDXbTp3Ap-qj0V5nbq8PVArcXYrc7iO2oftjL6liLxJ6fFDhvi6BQ5ajznPBZuSaBjP_uqarq-4XPy18KpE/s1600/DSC02073.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiweTDsb5B_PwFOtVimBlMczEB2MPECZYwMoZV8JYfmX3IvywySbZWGFjyCqmDXbTp3Ap-qj0V5nbq8PVArcXYrc7iO2oftjL6liLxJ6fFDhvi6BQ5ajznPBZuSaBjP_uqarq-4XPy18KpE/s320/DSC02073.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This must be the second best thing to do out here, behind road bike riding...</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<iframe src="http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2512235/embed" height="500px" width="100%" frameborder="0"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01804048240626449866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584978633557546291.post-47584280258998183302013-05-13T18:03:00.003-07:002013-05-13T18:03:55.756-07:00Novato - Point Reyes Station - Navato<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Today I am
a bit late for my ride as I had different things to do. So it was not until 11
o’clock that I could leave home. I decided to make an easy ride from Novato to
Point Reyes Station, which is located at the south end of Tomales Bay. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">There is
not very much one can say about my starting point Novato. It is a town of may
be 40’000 people about half way between Santa Rosa and San Francisco. Novato is
not ugly but there is also not very much to catch the eye. Only about 4 Miles
outside in direction North there is the Staford Lake Park. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgQ4voc8BVHjoqhs_evGy551OrwAk_SKkySun2M1W_hV4-jEtyTSCSSSawPBdTRNUz9HDU_rvPH6mOpMFWxB4YpNDS2t6Y4PW4TO2zKlXSs2bWEJyO7AC7rECqIK-fg-ybNRhP4kwrMgUg/s1600/DSC02043.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgQ4voc8BVHjoqhs_evGy551OrwAk_SKkySun2M1W_hV4-jEtyTSCSSSawPBdTRNUz9HDU_rvPH6mOpMFWxB4YpNDS2t6Y4PW4TO2zKlXSs2bWEJyO7AC7rECqIK-fg-ybNRhP4kwrMgUg/s320/DSC02043.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">The park is
inhabited by a large number of gooses, which makes the lake (which is an artificial
reservoir) more picturesque. However the down side is that ever square meter of
the lawn is covered by goose sh... ähm droppings. So it is really not easy to
find a spot for your blanket if you plan a picnic here.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE3fdbfHaxbehjyPkoxIJcUKR-IGc6EwD1TDKDISHQ6BWwLIJ-66L2un6bYc1eq5sUC5FXx61Aoq-EYNvRn-S6hxckpH5vOcJelTp0wmmnb6HUCkFDAiv1qFyEhnYkcqX91KO-w_V_z-eD/s1600/DSC02044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE3fdbfHaxbehjyPkoxIJcUKR-IGc6EwD1TDKDISHQ6BWwLIJ-66L2un6bYc1eq5sUC5FXx61Aoq-EYNvRn-S6hxckpH5vOcJelTp0wmmnb6HUCkFDAiv1qFyEhnYkcqX91KO-w_V_z-eD/s320/DSC02044.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">The route
takes me to the junction with the highway leading from Petaluma to Point Reyes.
The reason for this ride was actually the Nicasio Reservoir, who’s lake is
embedded in a very particular prairie like surroundings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhedtFDbUdTnDouKQMHus9x-cjLfaFy-UMN38aJkbpLCCUtf_e5uOX_45laJVPLTLDeYv0Oy094qZ19R4BlMfEfD4jASoS7qsWipkxqKor3kx1Q7aTPeuOv2EvPcNqz3R5FLgKXbkFB_FnC/s1600/DSC02028.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhedtFDbUdTnDouKQMHus9x-cjLfaFy-UMN38aJkbpLCCUtf_e5uOX_45laJVPLTLDeYv0Oy094qZ19R4BlMfEfD4jASoS7qsWipkxqKor3kx1Q7aTPeuOv2EvPcNqz3R5FLgKXbkFB_FnC/s320/DSC02028.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6-FEe3w2wCEKX-HjQenhaakJDbh4BQuVlgzgC_g03KK0xuUQGlNbAXFNStA_0ZvVrXcW6LEdI6X3nRPWgQ2pr4kr14IGhU-s-O7X0AchR_c9RtINMeqtJiFhZidO2Lp0s0py4axEfKY2Y/s1600/DSC02031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6-FEe3w2wCEKX-HjQenhaakJDbh4BQuVlgzgC_g03KK0xuUQGlNbAXFNStA_0ZvVrXcW6LEdI6X3nRPWgQ2pr4kr14IGhU-s-O7X0AchR_c9RtINMeqtJiFhZidO2Lp0s0py4axEfKY2Y/s320/DSC02031.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Point Reyes
station is a little, quite touristic spot on the Hw 1 with the inevitable restaurants, markets and gift shops.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkzq_pH6-ijVx8YddbeSlzfwOG63QUZ9DwGF7FodGtn8-pwo3w0CVbpZNXcjw1dnVcMZ1qB6nwTc4njsgcf2oi1DLTSy41dU0G1QFR6e7uCnoAdLoaWuJHGOt6ZXzPiV0a0odnl-RE6o2c/s1600/DSC02027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkzq_pH6-ijVx8YddbeSlzfwOG63QUZ9DwGF7FodGtn8-pwo3w0CVbpZNXcjw1dnVcMZ1qB6nwTc4njsgcf2oi1DLTSy41dU0G1QFR6e7uCnoAdLoaWuJHGOt6ZXzPiV0a0odnl-RE6o2c/s320/DSC02027.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">At the
coast the weather was really chilly and I soon was on my way back. Half way I
stopped at this spot....<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW67B1us3hZttlgiABlRkyDwoNXkCtvwTGlGuLZD3_xMyNmEISI1BepYkQCDaNQAyHis7K5jyvUYVTKQXKjWCBLDAb9grhvz_cQ7l5vHpUKOtgXUCsMCIA-j_Jnviwl663sEYq30KJG4lx/s1600/DSC02036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW67B1us3hZttlgiABlRkyDwoNXkCtvwTGlGuLZD3_xMyNmEISI1BepYkQCDaNQAyHis7K5jyvUYVTKQXKjWCBLDAb9grhvz_cQ7l5vHpUKOtgXUCsMCIA-j_Jnviwl663sEYq30KJG4lx/s320/DSC02036.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">The stop
was motivated by two reasons. First it has a nice little spot to rest and eat a
banana...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYTdKdxBL2_XcrOD1-DwLztFLQ-B0gbpLMFEwpGH4vLZqypcje0vF_ap_E6caTU-FCsrTBkjXE4uwopTm51FcsIJdEIftDjakiKQKphRvNCC0kwUamjl8-dAKU0oPXQhBmhKNDTEopkbww/s1600/DSC02040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYTdKdxBL2_XcrOD1-DwLztFLQ-B0gbpLMFEwpGH4vLZqypcje0vF_ap_E6caTU-FCsrTBkjXE4uwopTm51FcsIJdEIftDjakiKQKphRvNCC0kwUamjl8-dAKU0oPXQhBmhKNDTEopkbww/s320/DSC02040.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Second, I
am a bit of a cheese junkie and now “clean” since three weeks, except for the
cheddar on the burgers, but that doesn’t count right? So I hope for a piece of
good cheese. However I was not really impressed by the collection and so I
needed to get the “stuff” at Safeway, where they have “Emmi” Emmentaler,
Gruyere and Appenzeller. However the price is around 7$/100g which is about three times what we would pay back home. However, the urge was stronger...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs-SRzrpa5bcLRK0jLpKaKenFgPqsmMSVZ2FKh6CKVg6xgt4eMMMo4wJ7mj1qlKFrg8NtO5zNtoz5A-suMfwRl2-2QDfNUyBxcoDjx3HgSYbEAGdSf1Py32ikV11HrbRSy9iDuG4YYHUXk/s1600/DSC02045.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs-SRzrpa5bcLRK0jLpKaKenFgPqsmMSVZ2FKh6CKVg6xgt4eMMMo4wJ7mj1qlKFrg8NtO5zNtoz5A-suMfwRl2-2QDfNUyBxcoDjx3HgSYbEAGdSf1Py32ikV11HrbRSy9iDuG4YYHUXk/s320/DSC02045.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
</div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;">The ride today amounted to some 60 km with
900 hm and was really easy except for the wind, which luckily was a front wind
on the first go and a tailwind on the return. The great things over here is
that you own the streets for your self... Freedom!</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJhUUDhDXbBn7vZHVRX0HPMzTV2bbcJ4ldftb5cizKpGEf37r-TDfGHRS5rYg-fh-5An0sVlgPHvyRgClr_AOGHwIbuYyZFN2aD5Yr5_tXHGDzNtljfH_Jefjom2tcMVHwQ4-UhtdwNAoL/s1600/DSC02042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJhUUDhDXbBn7vZHVRX0HPMzTV2bbcJ4ldftb5cizKpGEf37r-TDfGHRS5rYg-fh-5An0sVlgPHvyRgClr_AOGHwIbuYyZFN2aD5Yr5_tXHGDzNtljfH_Jefjom2tcMVHwQ4-UhtdwNAoL/s320/DSC02042.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<br /><div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<iframe src="http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2506386/embed" height="500px" width="100%" frameborder="0"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01804048240626449866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584978633557546291.post-81946466162641291582013-05-12T18:56:00.000-07:002013-05-12T19:11:58.832-07:00Mothersday in San Francisco<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">At the Weekends
a visit to San Francisco is absolutely compulsory. I just love to stroll around
the city with the bicycle, it is by far the best way of sightseeing. You can adapt
your speed down to walking pace or speed up and get around many, many different corners of the city and you get this "IKEA" feeling of having it done by yourself. Especially San Francisco is great, you have all these hills and climbs, with sometimes absolutely insane grades and
on the weekends traffic is not very intense and in the backstreets actually
very, very calm. However these backstreet are full of pot-holes, my pore rims!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Actually I
wanted to visit San Francisco already yesterday; however the weather forecast
announced very persistent fog in the city. So I decided to postpone the city
ride to today, where the weather forecast predicted, that the fog would clear
very soon. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Well
arriving at the north side of the Golden Gate Bridge at Fort Baker round 10 o’clock,
things looked not too good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgakik6BAJYTbSYYtl2XQHaP0kkAPsycwz1-SeIqe0IcYxeGw0dQB3nv9JzuuZBBOgW5Hi_u0gksTw-UUkqAq51vzXnSQjaiad1mEnaeb9N2V8jvP9sGSk7zUbIF-F8yBeMZ7D0-5RcGIAH/s1600/DSC01982.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgakik6BAJYTbSYYtl2XQHaP0kkAPsycwz1-SeIqe0IcYxeGw0dQB3nv9JzuuZBBOgW5Hi_u0gksTw-UUkqAq51vzXnSQjaiad1mEnaeb9N2V8jvP9sGSk7zUbIF-F8yBeMZ7D0-5RcGIAH/s320/DSC01982.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">There was a
very strong western wind from the ocean pushing the fog out on the sea into the
bay. I strated the ride with a climb to the Hawk Hill, to make some height meters, to pass some time for the fog to clear and to have an overview on the situation.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPnOB0eHhnA1av44dmoNf1C8a6jVfLBlqNdF51qC6Jhhu-vE_6KeQbK-9x_5gXz0UbK7Ny00L4uWwMPw0k64LCzbWTsagGehdaD6HAsG9_KjpRj5hGzGrZeZQ_NlAgAtcAcWgIo2p8bL7/s1600/DSC01985.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPnOB0eHhnA1av44dmoNf1C8a6jVfLBlqNdF51qC6Jhhu-vE_6KeQbK-9x_5gXz0UbK7Ny00L4uWwMPw0k64LCzbWTsagGehdaD6HAsG9_KjpRj5hGzGrZeZQ_NlAgAtcAcWgIo2p8bL7/s320/DSC01985.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfHxNpVoU6OszdXdMMS1FBOeaXqFTecOsedV9B8o8ydKn7op10TYAhxv3v4h_ry__lJJJmP5QZtktjac_MhCn6J9O20Vj1ss5l7NyU3n6_Rte24kPJIekn63lnnE4f1tcjLrTPeqahGUdK/s1600/DSC01984.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfHxNpVoU6OszdXdMMS1FBOeaXqFTecOsedV9B8o8ydKn7op10TYAhxv3v4h_ry__lJJJmP5QZtktjac_MhCn6J9O20Vj1ss5l7NyU3n6_Rte24kPJIekn63lnnE4f1tcjLrTPeqahGUdK/s320/DSC01984.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">There was a
very strong western wind from the ocean pushing the fog out on the sea into the
bay. However, it looked as if the Downtown area was already clear. I followed
my usual route, which means I started with following the shore line to the
western most side of the Golden Gate Park.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG0XXH0XcL2wlw63Wy6F2scLh2a8PFqFmTzWvOLW9TKrf3YsCS1fh4wuL9Ec2zg7HDu1x7rD8flqo-SwTTPymd1sZJEtWS4L1OAz9gHRLWTCDJWANUuzFyK7JrP5uBm_ol5mHb_YU7-gwa/s1600/DSC01986.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG0XXH0XcL2wlw63Wy6F2scLh2a8PFqFmTzWvOLW9TKrf3YsCS1fh4wuL9Ec2zg7HDu1x7rD8flqo-SwTTPymd1sZJEtWS4L1OAz9gHRLWTCDJWANUuzFyK7JrP5uBm_ol5mHb_YU7-gwa/s320/DSC01986.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">First stop was again the Legion of Honor Bulidingm this time in the fog. I was really happy to have my londsleved jacked with me as it is super windy and cold. This time I took more time and
criss-crossed the Golden Gate Park more extensively. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5I6Z4xEMRaH7iPvT4uJ1xGG42l5YNsG-2Xz9q5YYzHiYfYuLZ7n230wUbZxSJP2MKVUelSkeqoEL7bO_zfZ7zSl7Ae1p3yoDnWrAD57oZ3NSUeOapt2rkBjgC9n8FDN6nK66lJlKBgqcu/s1600/DSC01987.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5I6Z4xEMRaH7iPvT4uJ1xGG42l5YNsG-2Xz9q5YYzHiYfYuLZ7n230wUbZxSJP2MKVUelSkeqoEL7bO_zfZ7zSl7Ae1p3yoDnWrAD57oZ3NSUeOapt2rkBjgC9n8FDN6nK66lJlKBgqcu/s320/DSC01987.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
As you can see the more I get to the east, the more the fog clears away. Next up is the "Temple of Music". </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVK0zZnQkXgQ3RjTdTO8MAUuVS6MRPMR7H3lavd_hG1mX8OvrMjxrwYmU4kZsSDHjCziUdCYja_hAwMdMbPFlEUd6507iqfdS9A3Bw34P6JqFCA5EnoCrShT19Lz2vjhr3rwMTBaTLstvV/s1600/DSC01993.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVK0zZnQkXgQ3RjTdTO8MAUuVS6MRPMR7H3lavd_hG1mX8OvrMjxrwYmU4kZsSDHjCziUdCYja_hAwMdMbPFlEUd6507iqfdS9A3Bw34P6JqFCA5EnoCrShT19Lz2vjhr3rwMTBaTLstvV/s320/DSC01993.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Here some good old "friends" can be found...</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMqqt_3dDrCbSpCia3g83pac0PqvBhPWPO2o-q8wxd52kc3Pza6BGBLpzJBrh1RphB8I0I5pTR6ZpqwIsw4_toAC_y9423h3m19L9f82aebZh0iQjPH9iTNVyR3muHUgb1sHWbOaY7kdGI/s1600/DSC01989.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMqqt_3dDrCbSpCia3g83pac0PqvBhPWPO2o-q8wxd52kc3Pza6BGBLpzJBrh1RphB8I0I5pTR6ZpqwIsw4_toAC_y9423h3m19L9f82aebZh0iQjPH9iTNVyR3muHUgb1sHWbOaY7kdGI/s320/DSC01989.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwIXbz0QCyEvyF_DNWo-f6IAPA9HfHJH1snKSW2q7kji49IFyT4a1G0EleEnP7xVD81lvH2aE3vpPFGNj9Q0aPLSUmG4jU90zcB6hEZF3r2eRoDTpBxwPrwqek3tF73Kdy9VN2MK2DhGQ0/s1600/DSC01991.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwIXbz0QCyEvyF_DNWo-f6IAPA9HfHJH1snKSW2q7kji49IFyT4a1G0EleEnP7xVD81lvH2aE3vpPFGNj9Q0aPLSUmG4jU90zcB6hEZF3r2eRoDTpBxwPrwqek3tF73Kdy9VN2MK2DhGQ0/s320/DSC01991.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">According
to Schopenhauer only they would make life bearable of living, well I do not
think so misanthropic... ... but they definitively make it more enjoyable. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAR1eNib92sFBsx75kkxel4J3KA-6ucRPLl9pkeP4o3IVmUBLGz7l271XE_TvYF-CaWc2mVJOsir9dgZlQaBxvoox09A4rdubDetEJWRFoJwsgWFnAaaZMk7JwjA_2WMs14L25LgJr9UbU/s1600/DSC01998.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAR1eNib92sFBsx75kkxel4J3KA-6ucRPLl9pkeP4o3IVmUBLGz7l271XE_TvYF-CaWc2mVJOsir9dgZlQaBxvoox09A4rdubDetEJWRFoJwsgWFnAaaZMk7JwjA_2WMs14L25LgJr9UbU/s320/DSC01998.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQnBhgyVlA_fJu_IKJFsJLd2bEMLbX2nCJvUcjvyLwsO7AVC_2sPiINm9p5OHRaefJ4ifaeACQ8GNI8MpR7EnpOKLyuJTfPcdBEp8eoEslWWS1qhDlMwmrAaMe_iYTN6eVB3P434puPVYk/s1600/DSC01999.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQnBhgyVlA_fJu_IKJFsJLd2bEMLbX2nCJvUcjvyLwsO7AVC_2sPiINm9p5OHRaefJ4ifaeACQ8GNI8MpR7EnpOKLyuJTfPcdBEp8eoEslWWS1qhDlMwmrAaMe_iYTN6eVB3P434puPVYk/s320/DSC01999.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Beyond the
church of St. Ignatio the fog finally cleared away. Today I had nothing to eat
with me, not even the inevitable bananas I got really hungry. However on the
bike I never really have the appetite for some big lunch, so it came in handy
that a commune of hippies (in their twenties, with guitar, flowers painted on
the cheeks and everything) made a bakery sale in the Buena Vista Park, may be
to earn their rent for the week. Their cookies and brownies really looked very
good and I bought some for my dinner at Union Square.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisuxohG18Ci-g_J45HSPg8tqEz-exC-Gsi4-jjO-xV4Ck3gZq_k5aP7NNxeV4byY3IDT0yW1tWIIdk2rqHBY8mTtyavFx3LUmUCqP85FqEVi-EQvOPcxdsSY80JhGtJuoAQljuJzqmFLOs/s1600/DSC02002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisuxohG18Ci-g_J45HSPg8tqEz-exC-Gsi4-jjO-xV4Ck3gZq_k5aP7NNxeV4byY3IDT0yW1tWIIdk2rqHBY8mTtyavFx3LUmUCqP85FqEVi-EQvOPcxdsSY80JhGtJuoAQljuJzqmFLOs/s320/DSC02002.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Arriving at
the Union Square via Market Street and now being really hungry, I got a bit
suspicious about my Brownies and I ask myself if they had not some “magic
ingredient”. So I decided to eat first one and look on the effect. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">I continued
on my way through China Town, Financial District, Columbus Street, Lombard
Street, Coit Tower, and Embarcadero to finally arrive at the wharf. Indeed the cookies where straight and time to eat the rest of them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjih482UKtfWEI0EEtedN1c08-aEgjr2AALWphLqsmDX4RZtgEDwSNinqixCp_YYSBc2NgQCZm33hHLGJvFRi23pGmUGAMHHKLCBy36z7z34PB613u3nXdaOLtgKwA0YHseWnmF1db8ED4U/s1600/DSC02019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjih482UKtfWEI0EEtedN1c08-aEgjr2AALWphLqsmDX4RZtgEDwSNinqixCp_YYSBc2NgQCZm33hHLGJvFRi23pGmUGAMHHKLCBy36z7z34PB613u3nXdaOLtgKwA0YHseWnmF1db8ED4U/s320/DSC02019.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">The benches
at the end point of the Aquatic Park Mole are really very well designed. With a
very high backrest made solidly out of concrete and put very close to the wall
of the mole, they protect nearly completely against the really chilly and gusty
winds. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8OM9HY8HHk8DWYbV3sxthqqZXRs_lAytH9gEmO53zH6ON4fI0Kl5sl3ILtxs4XVxcpHTQtaOJUrlWCXByQS2q9R6xbxjHPNDjj9Gyozb1MPDNSPztxsN_XcpJ5HztCaBRAWDPMZax1Y_a/s1600/DSC02022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8OM9HY8HHk8DWYbV3sxthqqZXRs_lAytH9gEmO53zH6ON4fI0Kl5sl3ILtxs4XVxcpHTQtaOJUrlWCXByQS2q9R6xbxjHPNDjj9Gyozb1MPDNSPztxsN_XcpJ5HztCaBRAWDPMZax1Y_a/s320/DSC02022.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Just great
to rest my bones and having again Otis Redding in the ear...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3X-sOinr_gvLMqvLbUsC3Hu5s2l16jTedDBgX8yLeQ4PqhC78IjKVOII6Muj3YTN5HN-l4gtB82Zf684aFs7fSyihKuIhv6qvZMy1v0k0gLYrsfYG3wJ9roYuefGtJBKK-3EuQ2fyObJx/s1600/DSC02021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3X-sOinr_gvLMqvLbUsC3Hu5s2l16jTedDBgX8yLeQ4PqhC78IjKVOII6Muj3YTN5HN-l4gtB82Zf684aFs7fSyihKuIhv6qvZMy1v0k0gLYrsfYG3wJ9roYuefGtJBKK-3EuQ2fyObJx/s320/DSC02021.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Now these
signs are not there as a joke... There were a few guys swimming in Neopren Suits and one only in shorts!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijL-ZDuBaz3hYu_uGgkeyvYjLV7WP4apbwtKP8AVo15AreyNt9iHV7vxROjMon0tU8-CW2wiCIj1TqPxrrNuE_AZApIbhzE4beBz7tnhXeL7uIbtof0Ta4DabTqdHvODbTGW_YvMF6E6VD/s1600/DSC02018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijL-ZDuBaz3hYu_uGgkeyvYjLV7WP4apbwtKP8AVo15AreyNt9iHV7vxROjMon0tU8-CW2wiCIj1TqPxrrNuE_AZApIbhzE4beBz7tnhXeL7uIbtof0Ta4DabTqdHvODbTGW_YvMF6E6VD/s320/DSC02018.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">The water
is about 12 degrees cold and the wind was brutal, if you get a cramp or
something you are really in a world of trouble there.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8vZU-aFPiNfVJLvU3g3yfhDI6mCqS8fFjNweFh2jer5zRhnBaEEKQ0NGwI3rEhSITsHfcVmgOWQbC-YSCtCk1dBveXDKLv9pffJRue9Td_F9cF3ofC-v5ft5PGE_QJIgvTnXvjMR4Fn1z/s1600/DSC02024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8vZU-aFPiNfVJLvU3g3yfhDI6mCqS8fFjNweFh2jer5zRhnBaEEKQ0NGwI3rEhSITsHfcVmgOWQbC-YSCtCk1dBveXDKLv9pffJRue9Td_F9cF3ofC-v5ft5PGE_QJIgvTnXvjMR4Fn1z/s320/DSC02024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB">Back at the Golden Gate Bridge around 1430 the fog still prevailed. </span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span>
<span lang="EN-GB">As I said the ride was about the same as on my last sightseeing tour, with some more twists and turns, however leaving out the headland loop so that the total distance may be 50-55 km. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01804048240626449866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584978633557546291.post-82169889819562478322013-05-11T15:53:00.000-07:002013-05-11T19:37:22.496-07:00Easy Saturday<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Originally
I planned to visit San Francisco once more. But because of the weather
conditions I decided to do an easy ride across and round Santa Rosa and to
postpone my visit to SF to tomorrow. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">This gives
me time this afternoon for reading and may be a short Siesta. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB">As you can see I changed the mapping tool as Bikenet.com created a complete mess with their "update"</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<iframe frameborder="0" height="500px" src="http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2494922/embed" width="100%"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01804048240626449866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584978633557546291.post-75224511570191860082013-05-10T16:33:00.001-07:002013-05-11T16:06:04.577-07:00Club Ride Number 3<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Today was
another club ride with the SRCC starting from Santa Rosa and up to Bodega Hw.
and Ocidental. Only one Photo of the top of the Barnett Valley Rd wall (20% grade).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdCAotdyqS_Nk8X_3Ju30XL8TxphSijoHV8Ah0awkze80y-x3O_lJ0uixBXlpWIW3sspfUGi1ryU1n4w1H3Gp39bxovWZCjw49EZZM6l2rh6XDry6mTl5yOQss-Q8A0YwS2Xh_SijU-siH/s1600/DSC01977.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdCAotdyqS_Nk8X_3Ju30XL8TxphSijoHV8Ah0awkze80y-x3O_lJ0uixBXlpWIW3sspfUGi1ryU1n4w1H3Gp39bxovWZCjw49EZZM6l2rh6XDry6mTl5yOQss-Q8A0YwS2Xh_SijU-siH/s320/DSC01977.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">The rest stop
was at the Wild Flower Cafe and due to a little detour I and another ride had
to take (that’s the penalty for riding in front and having not much idea where
to go) the ride summed up to some 85 km. The good thing with the club rides, apart from
the great company, is that they start early at 900 so that around 1300 we are
finished and I have the afternoon for some shopping and housekeeping.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">The track
of the ride will be posted later as the Bikemap people decided to change to a
new Beta Version (without leaving a possibility to go to the old version),
which is completely unusable. The programmers might have previously worked for
OMICRON. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<iframe src="http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2494995/embed" height="500px" width="100%" frameborder="0"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01804048240626449866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584978633557546291.post-45531771516438181792013-05-09T18:22:00.000-07:002013-05-09T18:23:55.316-07:00Fairfax - Tamalpais Loop<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Today my
ride will have some decent climbs and starts from Fairfax in the Marin County,
which is the County you enter when you cross the Golden Gate Bridge Northbound.
According to Wikipedia Fairfax is the only Town in the USA where the Green
Party holds a majority in the Town Council. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9gyhLgyoDaC8hCmLyfeh80A6UhGGEXbWybTi4jZ93yPWP_Q9VNP6yTaeYOhRcmpGt737nU9W04ES-moY8_0uMGHBH3lf7ZMN7Uknh21pAXDJucSAvfymkngaQOFSASHYpZC7Wa8QCYFNE/s1600/DSC01975.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9gyhLgyoDaC8hCmLyfeh80A6UhGGEXbWybTi4jZ93yPWP_Q9VNP6yTaeYOhRcmpGt737nU9W04ES-moY8_0uMGHBH3lf7ZMN7Uknh21pAXDJucSAvfymkngaQOFSASHYpZC7Wa8QCYFNE/s320/DSC01975.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">The Town
is small and has a certain charm. From the central Town square I headed up the
Fairfax-Bollinas Rd, which will first take me to the Meadow Golf Club, which is
very nicely located between Redwoods. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh07TE2sAMqBOBHiy546lMuu1XH5s2OWVVExAQAHoZiD0Cy7sh3gC368DJG8Zp87iHsvJgb_tDQOd4yibT8RELv_bKXWjMbVarN8FhrTpl4I3-XCNftpr7APxDKFmwpqoP-ZMcGRLivU6XL/s1600/DSC01952.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh07TE2sAMqBOBHiy546lMuu1XH5s2OWVVExAQAHoZiD0Cy7sh3gC368DJG8Zp87iHsvJgb_tDQOd4yibT8RELv_bKXWjMbVarN8FhrTpl4I3-XCNftpr7APxDKFmwpqoP-ZMcGRLivU6XL/s320/DSC01952.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">In the back you can see Mount Tamalpais or Mt. Tam for short. You can also see the weather is back to “normal”, which means blue skies and very pleasant
temperatures which now will further rise into the weekend. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">After a
first little peak and descent I arrive at the Alpine Lake Reservoir.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0_iyl_f2ZO0FQDT0doz9oUChjrrSZ-xIUHtqxTmxMvdgPLqrYMLYuvZ-FIapZzOLeirUuEDsRe1FYYFh1HYMnGWvvQLY9cnrl-iQQ4-fWBvjTz2VzwgifsB5M-v6Vf2Bc7v76umbJrS9k/s1600/DSC01958.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0_iyl_f2ZO0FQDT0doz9oUChjrrSZ-xIUHtqxTmxMvdgPLqrYMLYuvZ-FIapZzOLeirUuEDsRe1FYYFh1HYMnGWvvQLY9cnrl-iQQ4-fWBvjTz2VzwgifsB5M-v6Vf2Bc7v76umbJrS9k/s320/DSC01958.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Crossing the dam, now a
steady very nice climb in the woods with many, many switchbacks begins.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDZQkRib4G3HAlru-sjJutLIzZAESvtKkaxBZ6kbgoZX_LSx9Ar23qfPlsgca_Yy__ijKeYelYUcsDy-DDawlYRy2CbdynaBjwlW-yvGSQUQGmk2dVh1HbdJjiQTkzLqSnQyboA35F2SI/s1600/DSC01960.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJDZQkRib4G3HAlru-sjJutLIzZAESvtKkaxBZ6kbgoZX_LSx9Ar23qfPlsgca_Yy__ijKeYelYUcsDy-DDawlYRy2CbdynaBjwlW-yvGSQUQGmk2dVh1HbdJjiQTkzLqSnQyboA35F2SI/s320/DSC01960.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">This
climbs brings me to the “main attraction” the Ridgecrest Bvd. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirw0j-zlh3OKfiig_bBpgA6W4xRWG_lsdkCje7vycPb6yn1SkhjLLSyYPncAttjPBtkM4RsOrQ7kJ-zkr-pIpfyyWEK7zustGIy6yP4dPPlhhZEKuHgOmkembyf5acEd4ax9lmUUaxeaM_/s1600/DSC01962.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirw0j-zlh3OKfiig_bBpgA6W4xRWG_lsdkCje7vycPb6yn1SkhjLLSyYPncAttjPBtkM4RsOrQ7kJ-zkr-pIpfyyWEK7zustGIy6yP4dPPlhhZEKuHgOmkembyf5acEd4ax9lmUUaxeaM_/s320/DSC01962.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Why should
it be the main attraction of the ride? Well the view on Stinson Beach is really
great being some 600-650 m above sea level.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNMVaLM-Fu-HqR7NmIgI4HIcXVxR4g6MNhDTt_wp4AQCzRqK_CdLYiwFEoDkftAmN94pGxHZujhEwcmMauzXqX9HD4oRgifxVtEmHlI_fhxz-TF7J2ysm-5Ax1ftoWhfl0A_zzYpJ_KZmQ/s1600/DSC01964.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNMVaLM-Fu-HqR7NmIgI4HIcXVxR4g6MNhDTt_wp4AQCzRqK_CdLYiwFEoDkftAmN94pGxHZujhEwcmMauzXqX9HD4oRgifxVtEmHlI_fhxz-TF7J2ysm-5Ax1ftoWhfl0A_zzYpJ_KZmQ/s320/DSC01964.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_c8_XHoU-SKLlsjTqMyLzwlDKdgRiLur_sXJ8SCwQp65-lBuuW2WIbuCV5xsmnQJcioI6GsbmR6MlNi5meOg27OHSG_WjZV6Vet43SdsAt-8bA66Ga5WQyFIjF3fqOZ0rv9Azi1PXEfiD/s1600/DSC01967.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_c8_XHoU-SKLlsjTqMyLzwlDKdgRiLur_sXJ8SCwQp65-lBuuW2WIbuCV5xsmnQJcioI6GsbmR6MlNi5meOg27OHSG_WjZV6Vet43SdsAt-8bA66Ga5WQyFIjF3fqOZ0rv9Azi1PXEfiD/s320/DSC01967.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">In the far
distant one can also see the skyscrapers from San Francisco, which from here above and far away seem like toys. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6TUTbrVHqdvBGvbK1sz66YZIj8FTM9E6e41ISl_CIiEmUmRWbOVSJZDjsecGjvb1SA0zM5ruGnq0eRkMAkYtKgkCw1B5AmDEgWwErSOJXzu431WRTKL0tkiUpeCl1l7hMzXKOLS__dtpW/s1600/DSC01970.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6TUTbrVHqdvBGvbK1sz66YZIj8FTM9E6e41ISl_CIiEmUmRWbOVSJZDjsecGjvb1SA0zM5ruGnq0eRkMAkYtKgkCw1B5AmDEgWwErSOJXzu431WRTKL0tkiUpeCl1l7hMzXKOLS__dtpW/s320/DSC01970.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">After
descending and a short climb the view on Marin County with all the homes on the
hills is beautiful again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWVEtuB9lYI82xUW4Xx73QXNl7JOHKfIeTxVV3sj7-zWrd6R3SEWQ9bobQb7TXU3TnNzPvSXOaaXjePveFsH3mJzfB3JEOvxqbBG6mJZSmkojCezA_BsrnK5T_3LakvKZMfRAgD-HmoixP/s1600/DSC01974.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWVEtuB9lYI82xUW4Xx73QXNl7JOHKfIeTxVV3sj7-zWrd6R3SEWQ9bobQb7TXU3TnNzPvSXOaaXjePveFsH3mJzfB3JEOvxqbBG6mJZSmkojCezA_BsrnK5T_3LakvKZMfRAgD-HmoixP/s320/DSC01974.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">On the way
back to Fairfax I thought I could not do much wrong, just take the first left
and go up the valley. Well it was not that simple and I missed the right route
several times. So that instead of 15 km I made some 25 km, but who counts. The
only thing that bothers me now is that I did not climb up to Mt. Tam (Mount
Tamalpais) which with 784 m (starting from 600 m where the road departs) would
have been really easy. But as I needed to wait for the fog to clear up I only
started my ride in the afternoon and was a bit afraid that it would get too
late. Well good reason to come back again. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
</div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 2px solid #2a88ac; color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 9px; font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 2px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 3px !important; padding: 0px; text-align: right; width: 600px;">
<iframe border="0" frameborder="0" height="515" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.bikemap.net/route/2112685/widget?width=600&height=400&maptype=roadmap&extended=true&unit=km&redirect=no" width="600"></iframe><br />
Radroute <a href="http://www.bikemap.net/route/2112685" style="color: #2a88ac; text-decoration: underline;">2112685</a> - powered by <a href="http://www.bikemap.net/" style="color: #2a88ac; text-decoration: underline;">Bikemap</a> </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01804048240626449866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584978633557546291.post-22182869775685945582013-05-08T14:49:00.004-07:002013-05-08T17:12:53.766-07:00Healdsburg - Calistoga -Healdsburg<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">So today
my bike and myself by the way were in good company of the SRCC (Santa Rosa Cycling
Club) of which I am a newly member.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-D-HyiF93k9seNekQMS8MORbXVgmPUQtaLjdMKpAmBtUK6M0tKJNdgrf4mdmVPDDIj58BtC4vqr41m4Iw6LiIEGIYWsVXqSj1Rrsv6yWTOa1F2xnpxJnrARi9lcqQji4hkX2Qvy6FHceI/s1600/DSC01940.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-D-HyiF93k9seNekQMS8MORbXVgmPUQtaLjdMKpAmBtUK6M0tKJNdgrf4mdmVPDDIj58BtC4vqr41m4Iw6LiIEGIYWsVXqSj1Rrsv6yWTOa1F2xnpxJnrARi9lcqQji4hkX2Qvy6FHceI/s320/DSC01940.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">The ride started today in Healdsburg, which is at the northern end of the Sanoma Valley and would take us to Calistoga, which in turn is the northern end of Napa Valley. The ride is 52 miles (83 km) and the track is mostly flat with some rolling hills really good for a group ride and we made some really fun pulls. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Calistoga, which marked our turning point, is famous for its wine (has its own Appelation) and hot springs. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfU4pquAMw_JiJIOU9LVGMQaujYMH2oq5zF-DOcjG8L4n4wwXfyohkFkLzib41L38PG2O7Jc9h3k1HQZuTzY5fFBVxkJ4tSrkxuyVKHdBv2XV9DK-NmdcOEl6BDwNcTwqAWgdd8snoxc1h/s1600/DSC01942.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfU4pquAMw_JiJIOU9LVGMQaujYMH2oq5zF-DOcjG8L4n4wwXfyohkFkLzib41L38PG2O7Jc9h3k1HQZuTzY5fFBVxkJ4tSrkxuyVKHdBv2XV9DK-NmdcOEl6BDwNcTwqAWgdd8snoxc1h/s320/DSC01942.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Also it has the "Old Faithful Geyser of California" in the middle of the Town, which I had the time to have a look at after the ride (</span><a href="http://www.oldfaithfulgeyser.com/">http://www.oldfaithfulgeyser.com/</a>). </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjBQBha9aBXWew895fXAUfcVT5tpXlgGy16z2BqWzEQ1PWVcPh3aCEFijW81kfMI7wXbVSgk345zvOXWZQIHYbkhBRybUR_c0KGT9cZ5PzaAhU2J4K5nbLAOuHkff3mewSX7Xs76NdW-Vt/s1600/DSC01946.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjBQBha9aBXWew895fXAUfcVT5tpXlgGy16z2BqWzEQ1PWVcPh3aCEFijW81kfMI7wXbVSgk345zvOXWZQIHYbkhBRybUR_c0KGT9cZ5PzaAhU2J4K5nbLAOuHkff3mewSX7Xs76NdW-Vt/s320/DSC01946.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ITKA3h3qmbIEUZcoxj-poqE_uP_tdtF2WABptnkMlyzCpwXmf12Sb2FRnSDpSGxvi3ly9Mk9UGj-nZWcaTVFNygLrfsRSxpc81swGNmHlOsnzRP72-hs-kHTknwcI0_9HjLYdpIYJc69/s1600/DSC01947.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ITKA3h3qmbIEUZcoxj-poqE_uP_tdtF2WABptnkMlyzCpwXmf12Sb2FRnSDpSGxvi3ly9Mk9UGj-nZWcaTVFNygLrfsRSxpc81swGNmHlOsnzRP72-hs-kHTknwcI0_9HjLYdpIYJc69/s400/DSC01947.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">The back route through Franz Valley was really nice and I am sorry that there are no pictures, but the battery of the camera went empty.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 2px solid #2a88ac; color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 9px; font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 2px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 3px !important; padding: 0px; text-align: right; width: 600px;">
<iframe border="0" frameborder="0" height="515" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.bikemap.net/route/2112478/widget?width=600&height=400&maptype=roadmap&extended=true&unit=km&redirect=no" width="600"></iframe><br />
Radroute <a href="http://www.bikemap.net/route/2112478" style="color: #2a88ac; text-decoration: underline;">2112478</a> - powered by <a href="http://www.bikemap.net/" style="color: #2a88ac; text-decoration: underline;">Bikemap</a> </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01804048240626449866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584978633557546291.post-39291184569044371392013-05-07T16:18:00.000-07:002013-05-07T16:18:51.916-07:00Mendocino Coast<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
To escape
the clouds I went today up north and did much more driving than cycling. But
also on the coast there was patchy fog. I cycled a little stretch on the
Mendocino coast, I was really lazy only 30 km, but as always the Hw Number 1 is a roller coaster and without much noticing you make some 600 hm.<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">On the way
back on Hw 1 I passed again the stretch between Ford Ross and Jenner and this
is definitively the most beautiful piece. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">No
pictures today as I forgot the camera. Tomorrow I will join the Santa Rosa
Cycling Club again, now not as guest anymore but as proud member. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 2px solid #2a88ac; color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 9px; font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 2px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 3px !important; padding: 0px; text-align: right; width: 600px;">
<iframe border="0" frameborder="0" height="515" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.bikemap.net/route/2110268/widget?width=600&height=400&maptype=ts_terrain&extended=true&unit=km&redirect=no" width="600"></iframe><br />
Radroute <a href="http://www.bikemap.net/route/2110268" style="color: #2a88ac; text-decoration: underline;">2110268</a> - powered by <a href="http://www.bikemap.net/" style="color: #2a88ac; text-decoration: underline;">Bikemap</a> </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01804048240626449866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584978633557546291.post-51986442887803832112013-05-06T14:25:00.000-07:002013-05-06T14:25:05.234-07:00Sebastopol – Coleman Valley – Russian River<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">The
weather started this morning with some blue skies, but very soon the clouds
were overcasting the sky. Nevertheless, it didn’t look too much like rain and
so I choose to cycle from Sebastopol to the coast and via the Russian River
back, also hoping that the weather might be a bit better on the coast. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">After a
few miles on the Hw 116 the ride really starts with some climbs on Graton Rd
towards Ocidental, where the Coleman Valley Rd starts. The scenery reminds me
to some extend to the “Franche Montagne” oder “Freiberge” in the Canton of
Jura. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWAQWw3p8uW0pK7bzA6BUm94sTySwRRppCT-MNj6d0DWEKnXOEqNXTTwP6zIebVsdtcbLKIS_CwKz70-3xZk0YY74MiVOwPsxx7F28p5Wk3k9wDG4ZFk1ak8TAtTnvdg4oPEKxnj6cP14D/s1600/DSC01928.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWAQWw3p8uW0pK7bzA6BUm94sTySwRRppCT-MNj6d0DWEKnXOEqNXTTwP6zIebVsdtcbLKIS_CwKz70-3xZk0YY74MiVOwPsxx7F28p5Wk3k9wDG4ZFk1ak8TAtTnvdg4oPEKxnj6cP14D/s320/DSC01928.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Which
means rolling hills, open meadows and scattered woods <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG2rDv1p0h9JZranPnDM0ifDDmZBnE_EHHqehSBSHN_XuSTHl5JdiEn2UvioaEAmphWGHfGJrdajFyUn4E7IOLJnVPOsq7RnW5nwOhIt81ny6ccT3r9-cd9rBtAHDYNqrff8l7JHCSjP3I/s1600/DSC01929.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG2rDv1p0h9JZranPnDM0ifDDmZBnE_EHHqehSBSHN_XuSTHl5JdiEn2UvioaEAmphWGHfGJrdajFyUn4E7IOLJnVPOsq7RnW5nwOhIt81ny6ccT3r9-cd9rBtAHDYNqrff8l7JHCSjP3I/s320/DSC01929.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Traffic is
again very scarce and the ride wonderful. With climbs and descents through
thick woods do interlace. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-bWXghdcTdP3q1UzuLjnQUtQOuUjkCXvqPw85XormmgyuGbFHV4PFaPo-G_tDBIkfn3bcO9sVD2INCmA86yulT1eGb7Wa9d7G3dqeNxvY0AKFutIs5gFABhgH6FyH8_zFcueTk2LPLpg/s1600/DSC01931.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-bWXghdcTdP3q1UzuLjnQUtQOuUjkCXvqPw85XormmgyuGbFHV4PFaPo-G_tDBIkfn3bcO9sVD2INCmA86yulT1eGb7Wa9d7G3dqeNxvY0AKFutIs5gFABhgH6FyH8_zFcueTk2LPLpg/s320/DSC01931.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Reaching
the top of the Coleman Valley climb the view is really breath-taking to the
south the view stretches over extended hills and to the west there is the Pacific
Ocean.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6SvZZW_2dssywyrUWiRPTpFgLDvTT-vcAdZhLOcFF8BknI5V-7p3p92DCIadm_dxw8DRrN9qLmmx6bDJnpYKUsdquiNIGZo-YEl3psFrtM__7moSxdodTxczgRLHRtcGeE3nPZK-qIGfi/s1600/DSC01933.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6SvZZW_2dssywyrUWiRPTpFgLDvTT-vcAdZhLOcFF8BknI5V-7p3p92DCIadm_dxw8DRrN9qLmmx6bDJnpYKUsdquiNIGZo-YEl3psFrtM__7moSxdodTxczgRLHRtcGeE3nPZK-qIGfi/s320/DSC01933.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">The
descent to the Ocean is one of a kind and only slightly marred by the cow
roasts, which, with their square bars, are very rough. However the trick really is
not to slow down, but to cross them with sufficient speed.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbDMJ_1jxpDiQSOmtY5hPInU5idGu-TYa_pXspcRz4b-1RmFa85DfUk6ukpgLlz_hqQUeawiavj_GX_GbQf0-DenOh_mDj_YbNsU7Yp_T60d9OIjzJRoU3itsN0ymxyopAi_dEghxRLlO6/s1600/DSC01936.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbDMJ_1jxpDiQSOmtY5hPInU5idGu-TYa_pXspcRz4b-1RmFa85DfUk6ukpgLlz_hqQUeawiavj_GX_GbQf0-DenOh_mDj_YbNsU7Yp_T60d9OIjzJRoU3itsN0ymxyopAi_dEghxRLlO6/s320/DSC01936.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Finally I
am back to the coastal Highway Number 1 and after a few miles I arrive at
Jenner and after a short rest, I started my way back to Sebastopol along the
Russian River. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyftliitEIC3wmWktDZwi4mSu9rLbBh3qt-WancPAFv4KkVKmAKRV97eyANw0ixFznk0hsTTIUbA0GJLLIvCutMXAVsfwFcajH79WtUhsWcOnhip_Hx-XnLdzEpn-UmiE8Oz4EPtOfarY9/s1600/DSC01938.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyftliitEIC3wmWktDZwi4mSu9rLbBh3qt-WancPAFv4KkVKmAKRV97eyANw0ixFznk0hsTTIUbA0GJLLIvCutMXAVsfwFcajH79WtUhsWcOnhip_Hx-XnLdzEpn-UmiE8Oz4EPtOfarY9/s320/DSC01938.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Here I
followed to some extend the route I already rode with the Santa Rosa Cycling
Club. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizbWSabNfVj1KxI_2OONHror6XsVI8g1gzN3S8vSSLft8fmwvwmmp1etwQp3lac6_pxYcPiLqG6uM1a3pkju-dJWP8BoT9UkZym4fhNLPFdRRm1GSk-f0c26zIX3CDPQ1ptdSLK969w5rT/s1600/DSC01939.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizbWSabNfVj1KxI_2OONHror6XsVI8g1gzN3S8vSSLft8fmwvwmmp1etwQp3lac6_pxYcPiLqG6uM1a3pkju-dJWP8BoT9UkZym4fhNLPFdRRm1GSk-f0c26zIX3CDPQ1ptdSLK969w5rT/s320/DSC01939.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div style="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px;width:600px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:9px;color:#535353;background-color:#ffffff;border:2px solid #2a88ac;font-style:normal;text-align:right;padding:0px;padding-bottom:3px !important;"><iframe src="http://www.bikemap.net/route/2107571/widget?width=600&height=400&maptype=ts_terrain&extended=true&unit=km&redirect=no" width="600" height="515" border="0" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><br />Radroute <a style="color:#2a88ac; text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.bikemap.net/route/2107571">2107571</a> - powered by <a style="color:#2a88ac; text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.bikemap.net">Bikemap</a> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01804048240626449866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584978633557546291.post-89759881308513191832013-05-05T18:27:00.001-07:002013-05-05T18:27:30.063-07:00Lazy Sunday / Armstrong Woods<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Today is
the first day where the weather is not really nice. The sky is completely
overcast with clouds and it could be that there is some rain here and then. Also
the temperatures have dropped considerably and it is only 17 degress, compared
to over 30 Thursday. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">The
morning I spend looking for some WD40 and then cleaned my bike thoroughly. In
the afternoon I progressed with some more chapters of “Moby Dick”, which I
never read in English and it is not always easy, but it doesn’t fail to take
you in another time and world. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Then I
still wanted to do some miles on the bike and I followed the advice of my host
Tim to visit “Armstrong Woods”, which was already recommended to me by someone
of the Santa Rosa Cycling Club. This is a grove of giant Redwood tress about 15
miles northwest of Santa Rosa. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmoWZJGJjqvd7hmUnP1wxFaaVWHNE3ExGHvKaZCzoZXPpH-Uzq6BqJhFz6XyPXFs-3taH954IIminm0XCYdUwl7gIRrMwvjbmY1yj3gfkxMKQNltcopeBCiZJJCjrFt26VBTqJmdTEN73/s1600/DSC01915.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmoWZJGJjqvd7hmUnP1wxFaaVWHNE3ExGHvKaZCzoZXPpH-Uzq6BqJhFz6XyPXFs-3taH954IIminm0XCYdUwl7gIRrMwvjbmY1yj3gfkxMKQNltcopeBCiZJJCjrFt26VBTqJmdTEN73/s400/DSC01915.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">The place
is really magical; despite the visitors it is very quiet and makes a very
remote impression. </span>However
hard you try it is nearly impossible to get the scale of the Trees faithfully
on a picture. Some of the trees here are about 100 m high.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUQEint0dsoKZhTlcrk8K9bAO2Q5JLMBmCQfs4xMXH_nV34OkGMq3wiIe88fakJ7CeS5oqhjW933z88bkkJSLwIP_MNJTIei78nsCxaGNaYszB_0wyzMu6S8nWbHHPDUBbGBTsvffgo1_a/s1600/DSC01921.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUQEint0dsoKZhTlcrk8K9bAO2Q5JLMBmCQfs4xMXH_nV34OkGMq3wiIe88fakJ7CeS5oqhjW933z88bkkJSLwIP_MNJTIei78nsCxaGNaYszB_0wyzMu6S8nWbHHPDUBbGBTsvffgo1_a/s320/DSC01921.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVxHBOy7rU5qipnFUApoR_9VznRaWmYzJ_WE616hfpQDFfnnZr7aRPSnOZ_glTEodZcZA1PJE9m0OyTjKHczXdXqWStRKRQtwY5kCwWONf6x6gCdkus3SaSyEilLBsrOrlbaoS0w5t-5TB/s1600/DSC01922.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVxHBOy7rU5qipnFUApoR_9VznRaWmYzJ_WE616hfpQDFfnnZr7aRPSnOZ_glTEodZcZA1PJE9m0OyTjKHczXdXqWStRKRQtwY5kCwWONf6x6gCdkus3SaSyEilLBsrOrlbaoS0w5t-5TB/s320/DSC01922.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc28pL84aHJqni0GMxfDIDBlsMh8zgJzOZZn6K3gdJ03X3c6VpP-HfFtJkvBfqX6zW4sbVzrfmKJHvvgbv6ojp-K5ramDq_xo8tSq8S-g2FqKnZNYXXkojLg6mTJt741rkl6TkRFfYSWPy/s1600/Tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc28pL84aHJqni0GMxfDIDBlsMh8zgJzOZZn6K3gdJ03X3c6VpP-HfFtJkvBfqX6zW4sbVzrfmKJHvvgbv6ojp-K5ramDq_xo8tSq8S-g2FqKnZNYXXkojLg6mTJt741rkl6TkRFfYSWPy/s320/Tree.jpg" width="239" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Unexpectedly
there is also an Arena in the woods and on the Internet you can find pictures
of Marriages haven taken place there.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuvx16w6oZBbJL_wiCkW_U5K-m_gVD3bDdH5Gp1p-Ps-hAWo0EHWrEXgMtK99PKWJOpU1X9PCmdlPDOA9jj70KEpMrV4HExMVWu4G8SM45Lv3934JYM1kVcFOQrfmUNpab6bi5kLSzx_sL/s1600/DSC01924.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuvx16w6oZBbJL_wiCkW_U5K-m_gVD3bDdH5Gp1p-Ps-hAWo0EHWrEXgMtK99PKWJOpU1X9PCmdlPDOA9jj70KEpMrV4HExMVWu4G8SM45Lv3934JYM1kVcFOQrfmUNpab6bi5kLSzx_sL/s320/DSC01924.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">In order
to have the impression to have really done something, I decided to ride up
Armstrong Wood Rd which should ascent 400 hm. The height difference was not the
real problem, but the road was super steep and even in my largest gear I had to
struggle. Furthermore the asphalt was completely torn to pieces, which in the
ascent was not too bad, but the descent was a bit uncomfortable.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtM0OCNzZzcCcoO22YoNb9IhxG5kBt-8Witl7AJfPUhxbOiWe38iRtTxZ8NTBsoP7lSnRpIrcgXmheoXs5pxhG0W7cLkycvI0jdgIJaOhppJNpbGu02RdeaZWQpEsWzHsfRm_rMWYVaWUh/s1600/DSC01919.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtM0OCNzZzcCcoO22YoNb9IhxG5kBt-8Witl7AJfPUhxbOiWe38iRtTxZ8NTBsoP7lSnRpIrcgXmheoXs5pxhG0W7cLkycvI0jdgIJaOhppJNpbGu02RdeaZWQpEsWzHsfRm_rMWYVaWUh/s400/DSC01919.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The total ride from Guerneville and back may have been less than 20 km, but was very beautiful even on this cloudy day. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01804048240626449866noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584978633557546291.post-90289645154842778002013-05-04T15:47:00.002-07:002013-05-04T15:47:26.746-07:00San Francisco Sight Seeing <br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Today is apparently
the last hot day for the next couple of days, that is why I thought it might be
a good idea to visit San Francisco once more for some bicycle sightseeing. The reason
is simply that if it gets cooler it will get really cold in San Francisco. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBuHX4dIbDsMUD50oOq9EoMRwqnVjZcY8gNqQrOnZ3vNoau7wk3b1fVKCw5y8rhBXAstieyOoQi50AHzoKsLs6eSxmC2wUpMFMXH1fGg6D-uMXA9vCNNFe4GYPj4nYNVAqc6kruBDaNJUS/s1600/DSC01875.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBuHX4dIbDsMUD50oOq9EoMRwqnVjZcY8gNqQrOnZ3vNoau7wk3b1fVKCw5y8rhBXAstieyOoQi50AHzoKsLs6eSxmC2wUpMFMXH1fGg6D-uMXA9vCNNFe4GYPj4nYNVAqc6kruBDaNJUS/s320/DSC01875.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">As usual I
started my ride in the Horse Shoe Bay on the north side of the Golden Gate
Bridge. Frist I set off for the Hawk Hill loop, which this Saturday morning was
packed with other cyclists. The view was dominated by the contrast of clear
skies and the fog streaming in from the ocean and you could hear again and
again the foghorn of the ships pulling in and out of the Bay.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMcDthpR4bkf_rNdkJn-cGRI6bLSD0eoj4Sl798CdKLC5Qfmb63f6qTUv52IzXy9Q1EbZDKaUPuBAn9LbF7YhgEiYLQvb7TyEMtt87K19MCrpm9OBxw2I3z6qOye-64_PanRKqwd_uN6kW/s1600/DSC01877.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMcDthpR4bkf_rNdkJn-cGRI6bLSD0eoj4Sl798CdKLC5Qfmb63f6qTUv52IzXy9Q1EbZDKaUPuBAn9LbF7YhgEiYLQvb7TyEMtt87K19MCrpm9OBxw2I3z6qOye-64_PanRKqwd_uN6kW/s320/DSC01877.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo6Zs9gCnpb_9MOK1LbYiXCAiMMrNVepksPtefgAuYxNXw0aQ7APHIgcb85DJ7pRaKAePu1ZyMC9peLPC2iaEVdULCH0H_3nv-kPTxSoDq06HZUXywPOwF3R93r5GNgo36JHNEG2D0XDtr/s1600/DSC01879.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo6Zs9gCnpb_9MOK1LbYiXCAiMMrNVepksPtefgAuYxNXw0aQ7APHIgcb85DJ7pRaKAePu1ZyMC9peLPC2iaEVdULCH0H_3nv-kPTxSoDq06HZUXywPOwF3R93r5GNgo36JHNEG2D0XDtr/s320/DSC01879.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Next I
drove up the Lincoln Bvd. along the coast to get to the Golden Gate Park and my
first stop has been the Legion of Honor fine Arts Museum, which will hosts an
exposition on Impressionists and Water in June, too bad that I will be gone
then already.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiciyWgecJoX05gSvdZiLtYt7CkAO1eIp2X7_3SBPYOgv99z01JpeCCCubZdgfMCv0qwsCXAv-dWVpB399c_5eJoTN_kVauUkEuWWhyAsHPZAb-mMfFjOf3p-5B8xxfj9svMSRC-m_RMzrq/s1600/DSC01884.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiciyWgecJoX05gSvdZiLtYt7CkAO1eIp2X7_3SBPYOgv99z01JpeCCCubZdgfMCv0qwsCXAv-dWVpB399c_5eJoTN_kVauUkEuWWhyAsHPZAb-mMfFjOf3p-5B8xxfj9svMSRC-m_RMzrq/s320/DSC01884.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Riding
down 47<sup>th</sup> street I can see the distance and one cannot really fully
grasp its huge dimensions (5x1 km).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.route40.net/images/postcards/ca-san-francisco-golden-gate-park-c1940.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="126" src="http://www.route40.net/images/postcards/ca-san-francisco-golden-gate-park-c1940.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnbSb6n7HOCByCftmqK34oxYsxJCccIsMEK21cM2_00y5U9SzRFc7ZfBKbUFKNr9_9-NDFurUoOZnSBA-r5uBHBXyqacalUNqZ1tHwCxUa02Obau8HHlSTeATVEEYPhp50qrEZ5TJo_RIf/s1600/DSC01886.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnbSb6n7HOCByCftmqK34oxYsxJCccIsMEK21cM2_00y5U9SzRFc7ZfBKbUFKNr9_9-NDFurUoOZnSBA-r5uBHBXyqacalUNqZ1tHwCxUa02Obau8HHlSTeATVEEYPhp50qrEZ5TJo_RIf/s320/DSC01886.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-GB">The park
is wonderful and on a Saturday full of people enjoying themself in a thousand
different ways. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6pCVDs6cIQbmFfHQrk71OuxpRt68VF6XT94snowY6K9zRqxZ_OBuhGdeTpqFvG3IsXXrIyFfoABmOozYtOqUI7N_29zhEiGAPF87pCuN5m3IXutwsMq1WiB4xQxm_P4ZRceHPvKSKEk8k/s1600/DSC01889.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6pCVDs6cIQbmFfHQrk71OuxpRt68VF6XT94snowY6K9zRqxZ_OBuhGdeTpqFvG3IsXXrIyFfoABmOozYtOqUI7N_29zhEiGAPF87pCuN5m3IXutwsMq1WiB4xQxm_P4ZRceHPvKSKEk8k/s320/DSC01889.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXjYrU1btWE_fELnmVvv4swgsUwfYjrtyarlgueYctOR8addWU7g0ovENEWFQD_XaKmni5kySDd754ETBLM6m0eBQO-qwf1n0e-RKOutVSOFUta8E6ykKe-kNpa24HMN3rMxGyIx-qpuLj/s1600/DSC01890.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXjYrU1btWE_fELnmVvv4swgsUwfYjrtyarlgueYctOR8addWU7g0ovENEWFQD_XaKmni5kySDd754ETBLM6m0eBQO-qwf1n0e-RKOutVSOFUta8E6ykKe-kNpa24HMN3rMxGyIx-qpuLj/s320/DSC01890.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span>One could
easily fill the whole day with riding the different roads and bike lanes on
this Park, I have chosen to traverse it length wise to get into the city.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRCVVyq5OrmVBxt-dz9xfOtPDT6oN0h7q9eP9bz7PYUl5skcNB7UCbB-ocmXTq9hRBwAFV1-cZYS8WlTfdtau-cfyVuDWj1zRhYUXdKzpKXuBaixoPZxmDUCyo2aC0cMh5r1JxZ_PNAnw/s1600/DSC01895.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRCVVyq5OrmVBxt-dz9xfOtPDT6oN0h7q9eP9bz7PYUl5skcNB7UCbB-ocmXTq9hRBwAFV1-cZYS8WlTfdtau-cfyVuDWj1zRhYUXdKzpKXuBaixoPZxmDUCyo2aC0cMh5r1JxZ_PNAnw/s400/DSC01895.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Cycling
Downtown is not really scary because of the traffic, but with all the ups and
downs, the Stop signs and traffic lights (the “Green Wave” is unknown concept
here) it is a tedious busines. In the two weeks that I am here I have used up my brake pads already
considerably. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">So I iteratively
searched and finally found my way to the Union Square, where I have planned a picnic
with a sandwich and lemonade. The square made the impression that the British
were trying to reclaim the old colony... <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwYVA2JZ_bICrwLJoxhGW2L-JX2QfEcqxVfr0eATsgJ1zoV5VW9ztdljYygNnP6BTvMkdgSb9VcbVsaNk1b7IJw_HteCHh8t6-9CluXENE4hNVLB6N6FKNJgi0_vzudeGZhGQyjFVU8hzC/s1600/DSC01899.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwYVA2JZ_bICrwLJoxhGW2L-JX2QfEcqxVfr0eATsgJ1zoV5VW9ztdljYygNnP6BTvMkdgSb9VcbVsaNk1b7IJw_HteCHh8t6-9CluXENE4hNVLB6N6FKNJgi0_vzudeGZhGQyjFVU8hzC/s320/DSC01899.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Or maybe
it was just a promotion event of the UK tourism office. Also I could witness
American Democracy at work... no comment!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjesVjgZuqLeNy_GweEQhyrFm-fTFQuiuzXHg0ezX6U5NZyTtMd4aRA4ge7Fiwx-5gEXmlQVw8q_Zet0CKBWzSEMk5tCoGfpSLtRfU_wQUuijQDFzgH_Mj142EUBn8uc9mt4u1sjczdkuzW/s1600/Politics.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjesVjgZuqLeNy_GweEQhyrFm-fTFQuiuzXHg0ezX6U5NZyTtMd4aRA4ge7Fiwx-5gEXmlQVw8q_Zet0CKBWzSEMk5tCoGfpSLtRfU_wQUuijQDFzgH_Mj142EUBn8uc9mt4u1sjczdkuzW/s320/Politics.jpg" width="259" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">After a
little rest and with the roast beef sandwich under my belt, I started the SF
highlights Tour de Force. First stop “China Town”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5b3w9Jt2yeTxjKc2cmJrZs5Aq6pLYtehErqUfS-HioECZV6PvVPi62pdJJ_JBpnJwMxrM27g3g5uJeTnd1u1Hq9SKBtfp20V_nbigcX4f2zWWNxAjMroZH3ls8FrMmP8cppts3bs8-YW2/s1600/DSC01903.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5b3w9Jt2yeTxjKc2cmJrZs5Aq6pLYtehErqUfS-HioECZV6PvVPi62pdJJ_JBpnJwMxrM27g3g5uJeTnd1u1Hq9SKBtfp20V_nbigcX4f2zWWNxAjMroZH3ls8FrMmP8cppts3bs8-YW2/s320/DSC01903.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Climbing up to Coit Tower... </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTOp9ggeGDGw17nDJohhJnHBmVPsZHfADEY9wGSqlKCo14jgoxIJ6EYdSWngJ84N9zXDYctWViutTy_AEBqaiAadGbmOc-g0amvKSJnMyMbDcdPWod1BBNMtNeqA-PXMdC1NGfxr1LlIQf/s1600/DSC01906.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTOp9ggeGDGw17nDJohhJnHBmVPsZHfADEY9wGSqlKCo14jgoxIJ6EYdSWngJ84N9zXDYctWViutTy_AEBqaiAadGbmOc-g0amvKSJnMyMbDcdPWod1BBNMtNeqA-PXMdC1NGfxr1LlIQf/s400/DSC01906.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Taking the photo every tourist in San Francisco takes...</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1SuBlKQbRETzLD5wJnLbtpNhHeXwOjuSrbQskU_Yxb2NB-Zn3W4k0jmO1OjxGyvDH9Ad4haA1p7duMcLRD3QDai9N7X7J_0UXuCrgX6L_9Ww5P5-wCh6w442fq_hhG_rD74NWgVnmRwbd/s1600/DSC01908.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1SuBlKQbRETzLD5wJnLbtpNhHeXwOjuSrbQskU_Yxb2NB-Zn3W4k0jmO1OjxGyvDH9Ad4haA1p7duMcLRD3QDai9N7X7J_0UXuCrgX6L_9Ww5P5-wCh6w442fq_hhG_rD74NWgVnmRwbd/s400/DSC01908.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-GB">And of
course “Lombard Street”, here from afar...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHzspR7kKcsezDZXlYQIfKoZjXj9GKzrKBH5uBm6DEvGzkPsxw4p5hUgbtBdgj6IEcUtDXcPqh-FT2TW-6XpZx5om9ghTC8jQFw1AjTzEY4TmYRfwgVvtGFhiu5g_urNymHGNbjv7jO5SJ/s1600/DSC01909.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHzspR7kKcsezDZXlYQIfKoZjXj9GKzrKBH5uBm6DEvGzkPsxw4p5hUgbtBdgj6IEcUtDXcPqh-FT2TW-6XpZx5om9ghTC8jQFw1AjTzEY4TmYRfwgVvtGFhiu5g_urNymHGNbjv7jO5SJ/s320/DSC01909.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">And after
a steep climbing, lot of hard breathing and nearly tearing apart my chain, here
the close-up of Lombard Street...</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVbCJvuCA62c8nWzg4wxyPrQVpul3eUHb8sPfVsK1dziMwSZIedtfM4_kkm0shqvD2GodKuksn3qJ4x7f9fhz7HjggQQcFIbYYIMk93VUDyloC1Sz56XZFTtQL_S-mtFObO8EyDYD4Y8CR/s1600/DSC01910.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVbCJvuCA62c8nWzg4wxyPrQVpul3eUHb8sPfVsK1dziMwSZIedtfM4_kkm0shqvD2GodKuksn3qJ4x7f9fhz7HjggQQcFIbYYIMk93VUDyloC1Sz56XZFTtQL_S-mtFObO8EyDYD4Y8CR/s320/DSC01910.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Back down
to Columbus Street and “Little Italy” with some really nice Italian
Restaurants.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9AttVeqOacfZL05BXDNXHsBKHW7RUr4Aiazvp6Xfq3L_V-NgxtxYw3M7Y5zP7d42kj7oOZuxvga4ZY9u-aiohriNhatqE4PSvg0_IncIDQIq9l_tgtw4gECo6fOBg_gWHr3tkKiTg7ef/s1600/DSC01911.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9AttVeqOacfZL05BXDNXHsBKHW7RUr4Aiazvp6Xfq3L_V-NgxtxYw3M7Y5zP7d42kj7oOZuxvga4ZY9u-aiohriNhatqE4PSvg0_IncIDQIq9l_tgtw4gECo6fOBg_gWHr3tkKiTg7ef/s320/DSC01911.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Riding
back over the GG Bridge to my car concludes what was intended as an easy and
relaxing “sightseeing tour”, which however amounted to more than 50 Km and 1000
hm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px;width:600px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:9px;color:#535353;background-color:#ffffff;border:2px solid #2a88ac;font-style:normal;text-align:right;padding:0px;padding-bottom:3px !important;"><iframe src="http://www.bikemap.net/route/2101776/widget?width=600&height=400&maptype=ts_terrain&extended=true&unit=km&redirect=no" width="600" height="515" border="0" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><br />Radroute <a style="color:#2a88ac; text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.bikemap.net/route/2101776">2101776</a> - powered by <a style="color:#2a88ac; text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.bikemap.net">Bikemap</a> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01804048240626449866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584978633557546291.post-78452776622136100722013-05-03T14:49:00.002-07:002013-05-03T14:49:37.663-07:00Petaluma - Tomales Bay - Petaluma<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Yesterday
evening, after my return from Sonora and some resting, I went for another round
of the Bennet Valley Rd and Hw 12. It was very, very hot with record temperatures
in the 30 degree range most over the Bay Area and humidity on 5%. Today it is still hot; however
weather is expected to get cooler in the coming days. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">The ride
for today will take me over back routes from Petaluma to Tomales Bay and back
to Petaluma again. The scenery is as you would expect from an Western in the
Prairie, lots and lots of open spaces, hills, little lakes and many, many cattle.
Well the Steaks do not grow on trees. One can see that the livestock here is
primarily for meat production and not for milk. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZkFgpLgCgowTbHmcxITCP7Y7pFlJ2ScY-cw-9Ym1B3MqVm7xQqFx2MDQyxJx5833PHjvjWnxAhrPE9AYygjeHsdL-9KO0frmrbY8yyxE1nxtOpkNd67KgJzc6JlXg7aWvVnm8mK0YXxTF/s1600/DSC01862.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZkFgpLgCgowTbHmcxITCP7Y7pFlJ2ScY-cw-9Ym1B3MqVm7xQqFx2MDQyxJx5833PHjvjWnxAhrPE9AYygjeHsdL-9KO0frmrbY8yyxE1nxtOpkNd67KgJzc6JlXg7aWvVnm8mK0YXxTF/s320/DSC01862.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNMUK7QkP1xEwa1Qln4Le77v2NbT21SM-RxoHP4UN6LOeVXq03Pf5c4QfS2Y7lqH0Oah1UrrPgg2-LOhME6dVYjrtAWzZQ11AiyBKDrJSP5d4fK_ut7IK37vpxlYXDGGE2HcaomDRi_Na/s1600/DSC01864.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNMUK7QkP1xEwa1Qln4Le77v2NbT21SM-RxoHP4UN6LOeVXq03Pf5c4QfS2Y7lqH0Oah1UrrPgg2-LOhME6dVYjrtAWzZQ11AiyBKDrJSP5d4fK_ut7IK37vpxlYXDGGE2HcaomDRi_Na/s320/DSC01864.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">There are
two medium climbs on this ride, however there are not very many level sections,
either one ascends or descents. The road is almost deserted, may be a car every
5-10 minutes.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOUoe6rhMGQZiclxET8EOGSvJEM52pUNBxu5hi2wBP6Am0L4y4IPT3i9NZNIKq_YIaWEHdUEOAay8ORjIoyWHujNsctGA4s_TN97lgR-stkwNXkZivrrjtm_MFOLf6JLY7YjUce9IzW5GL/s1600/DSC01867.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOUoe6rhMGQZiclxET8EOGSvJEM52pUNBxu5hi2wBP6Am0L4y4IPT3i9NZNIKq_YIaWEHdUEOAay8ORjIoyWHujNsctGA4s_TN97lgR-stkwNXkZivrrjtm_MFOLf6JLY7YjUce9IzW5GL/s320/DSC01867.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">The last
climb opens the view on Tomales Bay, which is a part of the St. Andreas Fault
line filled with sea water. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<img height="200" src="http://www.kitedownwind.org/images/Bodega_Bay_Tomales_Bay_California.jpg" style="text-align: left;" width="173" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQ2FVdletkBlwmVHCkUFTcpD_2rqa7Tzl2kAn5haqLhLa4mcOSlB6Rg0sXy5ywd2qTh9i8X7msKMLSJnkA0uo3r7XKPUZTKAjJwbZoH1M_-LyVVdMeM286lsPcMJMqZHb_BxfOVRLgqO0/s1600/DSC01868.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQ2FVdletkBlwmVHCkUFTcpD_2rqa7Tzl2kAn5haqLhLa4mcOSlB6Rg0sXy5ywd2qTh9i8X7msKMLSJnkA0uo3r7XKPUZTKAjJwbZoH1M_-LyVVdMeM286lsPcMJMqZHb_BxfOVRLgqO0/s320/DSC01868.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">The
descent brings me on the costal highway number 1 and as usual it is a roller-coaster
ride with 10-20 hm climbs-descent section and no level sections. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhleysoCoazWDlqU9GHBpOz8sRDh717aqrup1yGDpx_sBXfdqUDNZerq6YbjIUsgyd7SaLvyNg2uRT-PVBE6mKP1a74JHg0WANBhcibkEKfo0LBrcl0cH6VEvea-dadHRJgkQ6wdsVuH-Hr/s1600/DSC01869.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhleysoCoazWDlqU9GHBpOz8sRDh717aqrup1yGDpx_sBXfdqUDNZerq6YbjIUsgyd7SaLvyNg2uRT-PVBE6mKP1a74JHg0WANBhcibkEKfo0LBrcl0cH6VEvea-dadHRJgkQ6wdsVuH-Hr/s200/DSC01869.JPG" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw4GRpoVd8nXYpfd4SwFsKIMzDqo-HzHw1NBW_zkLF-jHhAxsCl0cE7L0wRNogQoD2CC5Ou24FxBusT62zFbbDa2VbLsTcxf9USLfOE95HsCwpaU5YSnpCtQdG0wIM7mv62VlflUIjSRbZ/s1600/DSC01871.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw4GRpoVd8nXYpfd4SwFsKIMzDqo-HzHw1NBW_zkLF-jHhAxsCl0cE7L0wRNogQoD2CC5Ou24FxBusT62zFbbDa2VbLsTcxf9USLfOE95HsCwpaU5YSnpCtQdG0wIM7mv62VlflUIjSRbZ/s320/DSC01871.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">The way back is through Chileno Valley Rd. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:2px;width:600px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:9px;color:#535353;background-color:#ffffff;border:2px solid #2a88ac;font-style:normal;text-align:right;padding:0px;padding-bottom:3px !important;"><iframe src="http://www.bikemap.net/route/2099518/widget?width=600&height=400&maptype=roadmap&extended=true&unit=km&redirect=no" width="600" height="515" border="0" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><br />Radroute <a style="color:#2a88ac; text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.bikemap.net/route/2099518">2099518</a> - powered by <a style="color:#2a88ac; text-decoration:underline;" href="http://www.bikemap.net">Bikemap</a> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01804048240626449866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584978633557546291.post-39605532011642821772013-05-02T14:01:00.001-07:002013-05-02T19:49:23.438-07:00Sierra Nevada and Yosemite Valley<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">I left
Reno very early this morning before 6 o’clock. First, there is not much keeping
me in this city and second I have a packed program for today. I needed to cross
the Sierra Nevada, drive to Yosemite and still have time for cycling the park
and enjoying the views. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB0SxwhMEpRVQfbyHk6qvKwTJcDCJIJEpztxv-duvxkuU2DRwSwfzmW5-b1IhZ4UqdtC55jk4aj6-dsJTaDb2jlJ3TmHJ27wGXlr8YXlEWb2LpHNPiE1Jse-aUM5sNLw_y3PL6zN0Wiycp/s1600/DSC01816.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB0SxwhMEpRVQfbyHk6qvKwTJcDCJIJEpztxv-duvxkuU2DRwSwfzmW5-b1IhZ4UqdtC55jk4aj6-dsJTaDb2jlJ3TmHJ27wGXlr8YXlEWb2LpHNPiE1Jse-aUM5sNLw_y3PL6zN0Wiycp/s320/DSC01816.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">On this photo, taken south of Carson City, in
the distance the barrier of the Sierras can be seen. The best route to be taken
would have been over the Tioga Pass, which leads directly to the Yosemite
National Park. However, with its 3030 m altitude it is still closed and may open only in
mid May. </span>As this
route was not possible to take, I had some other, however longer, options. Without
great research, other than that the pass was open, I chose the Hw 4 and the
Ebetts Pass. However, I might have had a better look on this pass first, as a
little extract from Wikipedia shows:</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">“Today,
Ebbetts Pass is one of the least traveled passes in the Sierra Nevada. An
extensive section of highway over the pass is less than two lanes with no
dividing line. It has very steep sections with hairpin corners. The eastern
slope (which I climbed) is particularly difficult, as many of the hairpin
corners are blind, and steepen suddenly at the apex, making it necessary to
shift to first gear in most vehicles. It is rarely used by commercial traffic
and is not recommended for vehicles towing long trailers.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Would have
been good to have known this before! I got a little bit suspicious when
approaching the pass from the eastern side there were no vehicles before and
behind me and moreover there was not a single one coming down the pass! Also
the occasional signs “Very steep and winding road”, “Above 25% grades” “Not recommended
for vehicles longer than 25 feet” and “No snow removal beyond this point” didn’t
really boost my confidence. As returning would mean a 150+ miles detour I still
went on. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSeY3btq3H7FicRUUFl60-Hdl0Tu8wy15meFLpLnRFnnbMZLd4zJaxAOHPDewmm2znH76A8_W3JRAY8dWUM60YzelBIGk5hPyDrcS7oZmn7DRsBEIAQwuHp5dHn_og0H44OGGxT9Nx5EuM/s1600/DSC01818.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSeY3btq3H7FicRUUFl60-Hdl0Tu8wy15meFLpLnRFnnbMZLd4zJaxAOHPDewmm2znH76A8_W3JRAY8dWUM60YzelBIGk5hPyDrcS7oZmn7DRsBEIAQwuHp5dHn_og0H44OGGxT9Nx5EuM/s320/DSC01818.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">As it
turned out the road was not half as scary as one might have expected. However, I was somewhat relieved when I reached
the summit as I always expected that the road would really get bad. But compared to
the north side of the “Balmberg” back home, this is a piece of cake. At least as long it is sunny and dry like today. On my way
down I encountered the first cars in about one hour. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFGL1FAiDmUjR0ChtYZTHwQqyaaLJDatVs_CKeaukHQ_pVGuR2FpjR0N8NYXgJsJ9NaeB9mFkLrYp1KRDOE65b5jqfM0TtO-7b5hf0sagkjOlhy8TOSOZDVuSZv3kD-2zfzh-S703aOpmK/s1600/DSC01824.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFGL1FAiDmUjR0ChtYZTHwQqyaaLJDatVs_CKeaukHQ_pVGuR2FpjR0N8NYXgJsJ9NaeB9mFkLrYp1KRDOE65b5jqfM0TtO-7b5hf0sagkjOlhy8TOSOZDVuSZv3kD-2zfzh-S703aOpmK/s320/DSC01824.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVLVgRb8l6OIHh-ZPGQHKG2j8WOYtpCGdwgIWrwpGzZGf5CFJbvyEwKjQGAZyUT5YGwAIWV547Zd0U43khnzJbzMAoJ1t81PseCsSLSd7rX7nEkLuN_D-LEmXxkHA3gphZHF8BPhJzi7u0/s1600/DSC01821.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVLVgRb8l6OIHh-ZPGQHKG2j8WOYtpCGdwgIWrwpGzZGf5CFJbvyEwKjQGAZyUT5YGwAIWV547Zd0U43khnzJbzMAoJ1t81PseCsSLSd7rX7nEkLuN_D-LEmXxkHA3gphZHF8BPhJzi7u0/s320/DSC01821.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Once down
from the pass, I didn’t at all regret it to have chosen this way, as the breath
taking views and Alpine lake did make up for the strange feeling in the
stomach. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">I drove on
to Sonora, where I would have my hotel for the night and made a little picnic
at New Melones Lake. After my ride around Lake Tahoe the other day I treated
myself with a great Steak-Spare Ribs Combo (Ruby River Steak House, Reno) that evening. The
leftovers from yesterday make a great lunch today. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSDc0eenvfyV4Hg4EvRew0qugpXfpP28gesS_Sxodxo4LCeRLIUnKViY57hwTbEvwflWbu33nOyAKqkuyeZ3hjmK3sxF9mFZ97PEV_VMihlren_yuEH6ZtbXnCTbXZ3n4s4mzVIIu5Nbf0/s1600/DSC01829.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSDc0eenvfyV4Hg4EvRew0qugpXfpP28gesS_Sxodxo4LCeRLIUnKViY57hwTbEvwflWbu33nOyAKqkuyeZ3hjmK3sxF9mFZ97PEV_VMihlren_yuEH6ZtbXnCTbXZ3n4s4mzVIIu5Nbf0/s320/DSC01829.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Next stop
Yosemite NP. What can one say other than this is an enchanted place. I parked
my car right under the Bridalveil Fall, slipped in my bike outfit and started
cycling in this one of a kind valley a</span>nd enjoying
its highlights.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Bridalveil falls....</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8fpaP52HtAzVqGRIOd0Dn7MJpv-azMi4fRkJLXFTidGVVYZVT9Q3Iyd1R_t5Vz0x6h63efQ30cJvzCPEFH5a-Wfsdfe3xUir3sa9iw9Kw7edN4QF-hTUSso9hMeh_p526CatSxnRgTJvl/s1600/DSC01833.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8fpaP52HtAzVqGRIOd0Dn7MJpv-azMi4fRkJLXFTidGVVYZVT9Q3Iyd1R_t5Vz0x6h63efQ30cJvzCPEFH5a-Wfsdfe3xUir3sa9iw9Kw7edN4QF-hTUSso9hMeh_p526CatSxnRgTJvl/s400/DSC01833.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Upper Yosemite Falls...</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKYA-zipafaVX7jsrIhNSGdRSiDXkDbgaOoMU1-OQ2bWeOiR6Rv96IkARhZtKgFpkBbFmuaN-munPRIY-RWOlu2d-OIPkd0eFI5xpp7xAeUVs3uYtSi5ViaAi0xXSRUf64YZy5Z6-QL4v4/s1600/DSC01850.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKYA-zipafaVX7jsrIhNSGdRSiDXkDbgaOoMU1-OQ2bWeOiR6Rv96IkARhZtKgFpkBbFmuaN-munPRIY-RWOlu2d-OIPkd0eFI5xpp7xAeUVs3uYtSi5ViaAi0xXSRUf64YZy5Z6-QL4v4/s400/DSC01850.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Glacier Point, which Yannink, Björn and I hiked up to 1.5 years ago</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif7GyzxE8LSmvrvoYz-7fXXIfxO-hH30AQY2Zms4EHjDwEHatauT6fi1OF-DCJOiT0iJ_m9V2aTbJcgr9zqE4dFhqBNolxc3SQZGqwjEE7uzT6Q9HvQ6qCgPFdcsxCto4PSIAFif2VhCX7/s1600/DSC01837.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif7GyzxE8LSmvrvoYz-7fXXIfxO-hH30AQY2Zms4EHjDwEHatauT6fi1OF-DCJOiT0iJ_m9V2aTbJcgr9zqE4dFhqBNolxc3SQZGqwjEE7uzT6Q9HvQ6qCgPFdcsxCto4PSIAFif2VhCX7/s320/DSC01837.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Half dome...</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijEXnSOko5Fahtmx_UIug7W3AZQBQjK1KmsnUQCGfFccdvz3rFnbXh2VSXP0kLSB2G7HrJ50T9U5t7OmmJS1hHmtgOuE9840RNFsP1yjkWh-P36CsNF7OccZ8YrBa14XGDrqNEwACQkt6D/s1600/DSC01840.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijEXnSOko5Fahtmx_UIug7W3AZQBQjK1KmsnUQCGfFccdvz3rFnbXh2VSXP0kLSB2G7HrJ50T9U5t7OmmJS1hHmtgOuE9840RNFsP1yjkWh-P36CsNF7OccZ8YrBa14XGDrqNEwACQkt6D/s320/DSC01840.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
El Capitan...</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLW_4_NgXavCGa5uzux8NpoMpqytpvKhR3D7Zpz23fylnA-PKugwh0WOkHFYCE8FhYzv9JJpz6L5KD_xlzxzzKG5fGZCkSvbWY5jl7LcAgw4_LtjDQewI7UzJymw3EhCWhdNeJVOK6dbcW/s1600/DSC01851.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLW_4_NgXavCGa5uzux8NpoMpqytpvKhR3D7Zpz23fylnA-PKugwh0WOkHFYCE8FhYzv9JJpz6L5KD_xlzxzzKG5fGZCkSvbWY5jl7LcAgw4_LtjDQewI7UzJymw3EhCWhdNeJVOK6dbcW/s320/DSC01851.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Having
reached the end of the valley and now being really hungry, I noticed in the
store at the Yosemite Lodge that I left my wallet in the car. So I needed to do
the round another time, which I would have done anyhow. Now on the second try finally equipped with a
Roast Beef sandwich, I selected a tree below El Capitan to stretch out in the shade and look out for climbers on the “Nose” of El Capitan. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="background-color: white; border: 2px solid #2a88ac; color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 9px; font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 2px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 3px !important; padding: 0px; text-align: right; width: 600px;">
<iframe border="0" frameborder="0" height="515" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.bikemap.net/route/2097253/widget?width=600&height=400&maptype=ts_terrain&extended=true&unit=km&redirect=no" width="600"></iframe><br />
Radroute <a href="http://www.bikemap.net/route/2097253" style="color: #2a88ac; text-decoration: underline;">2097253</a> - powered by <a href="http://www.bikemap.net/" style="color: #2a88ac; text-decoration: underline;">Bikemap</a> </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01804048240626449866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584978633557546291.post-48743394337225664962013-05-02T14:00:00.001-07:002013-05-02T19:56:47.513-07:00Around Lake Tahoe<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">To cycle
around Lake Tahoe is often called “America’s most beautiful bike ride”. The
naked figures are: 117 km, 1350 hm climbing at 2000 m above sea level. I arrived
from Reno in Kings Beach and started my ride at a little park with a sculpture
showing exactly what I needed to negotiate today. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUuD9g6iczqpcUuJrFnhEVLB5gr4o3Rx_gF6a3lgpPOk9J0mLDHrF-LE-RB-ElBH1q_cPCl0v3-d2HobzS-NK_7qdxhc3PTirWM2UOQ3C3psB9_atmmMMmD2Nm5Hu3vWNevLdRLcGOkhyy/s1600/DSC01796.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUuD9g6iczqpcUuJrFnhEVLB5gr4o3Rx_gF6a3lgpPOk9J0mLDHrF-LE-RB-ElBH1q_cPCl0v3-d2HobzS-NK_7qdxhc3PTirWM2UOQ3C3psB9_atmmMMmD2Nm5Hu3vWNevLdRLcGOkhyy/s400/DSC01796.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">On the
outline, carved out in this Granite, of the lake Kings Beach would be placed exactly at the northern end,
where there is the “little” indent into the lake. As I said above, the naked
figure of the ride were clear, however the clear view to the southern lake
shores some 40 km away, in the line of sight, gave me some mixed feelings. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrMjFirqkDA7dX3hde5j8s7k-1OXo3WhmsWE_l5R57lcSwBNm1dRYvQCS_CIb5PSA4cOKkJmuunXda2WUlKfJYpImULlDirAIvZ-nJMYHi4pgo_Na_AvEXpBK-XmDIzzKmElp5vHL1f3y6/s1600/DSC01797.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrMjFirqkDA7dX3hde5j8s7k-1OXo3WhmsWE_l5R57lcSwBNm1dRYvQCS_CIb5PSA4cOKkJmuunXda2WUlKfJYpImULlDirAIvZ-nJMYHi4pgo_Na_AvEXpBK-XmDIzzKmElp5vHL1f3y6/s320/DSC01797.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">This is a
pretty big lake and that far away shore would only be the “turning” point of
the ride as I would need to get back from there too. Furthermore riding around
lakes has the nasty habit, that there are no short cuts, also it would be different
than riding in Switzerland. Back home, if I get really tried, the next train or
bus stop is at max. 5 minutes away and will bring me home without a further
stroke of the pedals. Well not quite so here. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">So off I
go with a first banana under my belt in clockwise direction to ride on the
track closer to the lake for the views and these are truly fantastic. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRT7sExj9c7xfkKAE2sLOZGFX3CmIfWTMppfKVBwYrNdcD-a7t-hgLzOpnJ621B8j1B633JAt2iJiW5JjQD4wjerYzTBF9d_XE9iZxWbh2flndcEhajfi6h0VE2hnbyQwJ66H8Mg0nqjbD/s1600/DSC01800.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRT7sExj9c7xfkKAE2sLOZGFX3CmIfWTMppfKVBwYrNdcD-a7t-hgLzOpnJ621B8j1B633JAt2iJiW5JjQD4wjerYzTBF9d_XE9iZxWbh2flndcEhajfi6h0VE2hnbyQwJ66H8Mg0nqjbD/s320/DSC01800.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFIktmiFy-t8YslsUTjs4SHVqk44GtihW0dQEvK1MNFdrtq-pkrTsYQshJp_E2dBEYnmt2CFeOo3xAn3aQdldf4sTA64LtvdmOx08aogrCOyFLstYHJ37OWpQsWsCgVZk4VIiYV7SqxAgS/s1600/DSC01801.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFIktmiFy-t8YslsUTjs4SHVqk44GtihW0dQEvK1MNFdrtq-pkrTsYQshJp_E2dBEYnmt2CFeOo3xAn3aQdldf4sTA64LtvdmOx08aogrCOyFLstYHJ37OWpQsWsCgVZk4VIiYV7SqxAgS/s320/DSC01801.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">South Lake
Tahoe City, which is right on the border between California and Nevada, is like
Reno dominated by some Casinos, although not as many. The ride around the lake
is really divers, there are straight sections on the lake shore, climbs and
descents and also rides through red wood forests.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOcA05MHSeChJ8PTxgQulISkxbx9LhHFBjW9U1chLsdM5E8fMpJGzuxJXaL18e_GbkIsKOpDJ1wh2-Khqu49BekueOoHi_HZFPJKfQ4Eyx_AYfBteysepXl7WfRgym28glsV7XD33t6TJJ/s1600/DSC01806.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOcA05MHSeChJ8PTxgQulISkxbx9LhHFBjW9U1chLsdM5E8fMpJGzuxJXaL18e_GbkIsKOpDJ1wh2-Khqu49BekueOoHi_HZFPJKfQ4Eyx_AYfBteysepXl7WfRgym28glsV7XD33t6TJJ/s320/DSC01806.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Passed
South Lake Tahoe City, I stopped for a little break and to eat something. From
here on, there is a very beautiful bike train, which is on many stretches
detached from the highway. The next highlight is the Emerald Bay and the Cascade Lake. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFBAY-L780u2iLaSPswjId4nZILoNENLMYqx0MYJ0JWj696PjKo14dyXhJyFwHrXfGRF5TaYf9fE9KTmgLd8DWyzT3JnrokS4tox8kJAt_GkqmkDIFpYjEr_XSk5lFfGrFV-JfWyNnGCyi/s1600/DSC01807.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFBAY-L780u2iLaSPswjId4nZILoNENLMYqx0MYJ0JWj696PjKo14dyXhJyFwHrXfGRF5TaYf9fE9KTmgLd8DWyzT3JnrokS4tox8kJAt_GkqmkDIFpYjEr_XSk5lFfGrFV-JfWyNnGCyi/s320/DSC01807.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpK3PdZhC9FJeWM4HdIp6PFj3S32fHW_-Stvsqmle4uRvFqI9l7QpmPbz3351EWCuTuZEqZxDz1D_2bv8hcMcUN4VKeemVF-g6pdhpdjKo4Xsg1FQ-yRqWqXo62mC9a7J1jze38KJXy9lV/s1600/DSC01808.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpK3PdZhC9FJeWM4HdIp6PFj3S32fHW_-Stvsqmle4uRvFqI9l7QpmPbz3351EWCuTuZEqZxDz1D_2bv8hcMcUN4VKeemVF-g6pdhpdjKo4Xsg1FQ-yRqWqXo62mC9a7J1jze38KJXy9lV/s320/DSC01808.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">On the
last 30 km I started to feel the fatigue, where the level stretches were o.k., but the
climbs now did really hurt, however after 4h 20’ riding time the loop was done.
I had expected to see more cyclist on the tour and also hoped to find some companions,
with whom to team up. However, on the whole ride I only saw 3 other road bike
riders, all going in the opposite direction. So, I had to tackle the head winds,
which were really heavy especially on the second half of the ride, by myself. </span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span>
<span lang="EN-GB">Finally the big question, is it the most
beautiful ride in America. I do not know, but certainly I can understand
perfectly well why it could be considered as such. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div style="background-color: white; border: 2px solid #2a88ac; color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 9px; font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 2px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 3px !important; padding: 0px; text-align: right; width: 600px;">
<iframe border="0" frameborder="0" height="515" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.bikemap.net/route/2097162/widget?width=600&height=400&maptype=ts_terrain&extended=true&unit=km&redirect=no" width="600"></iframe><br />
Radroute <a href="http://www.bikemap.net/route/2097162" style="color: #2a88ac; text-decoration: underline;">2097162</a> - powered by <a href="http://www.bikemap.net/" style="color: #2a88ac; text-decoration: underline;">Bikemap</a> </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01804048240626449866noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584978633557546291.post-54848310233252478112013-05-02T13:22:00.000-07:002013-05-02T13:25:30.560-07:00Santa Rosa -> Reno<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKn0h02PaLzLWkdpjeSZzDPjiYn6ceire9KDDw6epCJIGIl9OKfZAenNiGhP4_NeYzQrSvMpzAXkfcNd4XFrehHRRVOwUcZ4F0Qhcf4NfZNA0P9Ww95ytQQXd7rgErzgClKbINHrSF-bat/s1600/DSC01777.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKn0h02PaLzLWkdpjeSZzDPjiYn6ceire9KDDw6epCJIGIl9OKfZAenNiGhP4_NeYzQrSvMpzAXkfcNd4XFrehHRRVOwUcZ4F0Qhcf4NfZNA0P9Ww95ytQQXd7rgErzgClKbINHrSF-bat/s320/DSC01777.JPG" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-GB">Today my
little tour starts, which has the main goals to cycle around Lake Tahoe and the
Yosemite Valley. In view of the ridiculously low hotel prices (2 nights in the
4 Star Silver Legacy for 100$) I chose Reno as my first stop on the tour. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
Passed
Sacramento I made a little food stop at Auburn, which as I discovered has a
little charming old town, which is dominated by the Court Building. Should this
tell us something?<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiZlhHbTKbDGo8nswu6c1KAZkY88gTo8rND6MeUcDrDK6A_wi39JLIlY5ykvbN1-WRQ1v6oBdL7CQAm888nCqkQqPgHkm0EIz42yM9YO4jQUqkTHiLLYpN6ndmXHAVplrckGznkAQlIip7/s1600/DSC01776.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiZlhHbTKbDGo8nswu6c1KAZkY88gTo8rND6MeUcDrDK6A_wi39JLIlY5ykvbN1-WRQ1v6oBdL7CQAm888nCqkQqPgHkm0EIz42yM9YO4jQUqkTHiLLYpN6ndmXHAVplrckGznkAQlIip7/s320/DSC01776.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">However,
back in the “good old days” they sure knew how to treat a Lady. The prison for
the “naughty girls” was not actually in the Court Building, but under the main stairs! Not exactly snug.</span></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisFv4nggVFumj9p9jukTBszq6asgBGwvcHvddigLoOxLR1RX2fdLP-kmuQ0qxaxNKYAX3Tp_-r2fJomc2zkZ3jQ4VLzv0fTokQl9u8eprJ9IOQJqozCyda3bD2ADcvITfS0xUr9AKK8ViW/s1600/DSC01775.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisFv4nggVFumj9p9jukTBszq6asgBGwvcHvddigLoOxLR1RX2fdLP-kmuQ0qxaxNKYAX3Tp_-r2fJomc2zkZ3jQ4VLzv0fTokQl9u8eprJ9IOQJqozCyda3bD2ADcvITfS0xUr9AKK8ViW/s320/DSC01775.JPG" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCg35r75FSzYBX5kVt-AjRrc9b3X1D-Vs8xtMaKoMsgcLPTIpLH7kefuLP3dlk5tvdOOOv9ZJD-1rGZkCGC20pUsV7vfx3bPP51nbkYovVVCoGpfthpl0HPzbTrEf-fyTEi9BtxRggPmGt/s1600/DSC01773.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCg35r75FSzYBX5kVt-AjRrc9b3X1D-Vs8xtMaKoMsgcLPTIpLH7kefuLP3dlk5tvdOOOv9ZJD-1rGZkCGC20pUsV7vfx3bPP51nbkYovVVCoGpfthpl0HPzbTrEf-fyTEi9BtxRggPmGt/s320/DSC01773.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">In the old
town apparently the “Old Town Pizza” is the place to go for a late breakfast or
early Lunch as the place was packed full at 11 o'clock. Indeed, I can only recommend the
Grilled Chicken-Mushroom Sandwich there it was great. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Next up
the road was the Donner Pass (2160 m), which is not only an important road
crossing of the Sierras but also for the rail way. From there another 60 Miles
and I arrived in Reno the “biggest little city in the world”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0FA9eTEjRVFSXY48LeRGAcR9RgHNyU7yjLuotIGdalIOJ0vHRLA8tnXZot2zefQD8nCsKRP2mbW_4nJkD9nXXIQlBlSE1I0XIMDtuwm5iktRLU8uJ_8ZLdkgzRoH2ciZCUMFnU0KP6ari/s1600/DSC01782.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0FA9eTEjRVFSXY48LeRGAcR9RgHNyU7yjLuotIGdalIOJ0vHRLA8tnXZot2zefQD8nCsKRP2mbW_4nJkD9nXXIQlBlSE1I0XIMDtuwm5iktRLU8uJ_8ZLdkgzRoH2ciZCUMFnU0KP6ari/s320/DSC01782.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">After
trying my luck to become a Millionaire by betting 15$ on the slot machines (I failed miserably), I
chose to go for Dinner and watch a Baseball game on the TV. From this
you might guess my attitude towards gambling and I really cannot understand
what makes people to come here for that. Even more than in Las Vegas the
atmosphere is quite particular, everything looks like a cheap copy of something.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG_FBPiP5mp66CUScVkq-aODaz7oobsSRSQ5vuANLmcAOuNccmzBnGa_4pc5KVitDrRQYXJLN2tzPGi5dJrt7pvQ5C09rANYqQXrZa3WR7x1l3bGicSUkCJL4q_PX8FrJiXHDj828jtUBi/s1600/DSC01792.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG_FBPiP5mp66CUScVkq-aODaz7oobsSRSQ5vuANLmcAOuNccmzBnGa_4pc5KVitDrRQYXJLN2tzPGi5dJrt7pvQ5C09rANYqQXrZa3WR7x1l3bGicSUkCJL4q_PX8FrJiXHDj828jtUBi/s320/DSC01792.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01804048240626449866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584978633557546291.post-35744910139552063482013-04-28T14:48:00.000-07:002013-04-28T14:48:38.290-07:00Mission Cycling Club / Paradise Loop<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">So
today the plan was to join the Mission Cycling Club for their Sunday tour, at
1030 at the meeting point (south Golden Gate) I seemed to have missed them. But
I was not the only one. Ilia had the same problem as me and after a short chat
he agreed to team up and he suggested a nice ride, being the Paradise Loop. If
Nomen est Omen, what could have gone wrong here? Well, as it turned out Ilia
was a 29 year old Hedge Fund Manager out of SF who was just making a final
training tour for a half Iron Man Triathlon (1.9 km swimming, 90 km bike and
21.1 km running) next Saturday and that was exactly the pace we were running at.
The first half I could not do much more than cling to his rear wheel. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">You
will notice that there are no photos in this Post. The reason is simple. We
didn’t stop to make any! For those who know the area, you will know that it is
packed with cyclists (especially on a Sunday) and we were not overtaken by a
single one the whole ride. At the end, when the pace became a bit more humane,
I could even take the lead on some stretches and give Ilia some tail wind. We
even found the time to discuss the future of the Euro, which was of great
interest to Ilia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">From
what I have notice out of the corner of the eyes the loop must indeed be very
beautiful, however I need to do it once more with a bit more leisure to really
know for sure. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Tomorrow
I will start for a little tour that will take me first to Reno, NV to get me
rich. On Tuesday I plan to cycle around the “big blue” Lake Tahoe and Wednesday
Yosemite National Park is on the list. Thursday I will be back in Santa Rosa.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 2px solid #2a88ac; color: #535353; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 9px; font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 2px; margin-top: 2px; padding-bottom: 3px !important; padding: 0px; text-align: right; width: 600px;">
<iframe border="0" frameborder="0" height="515" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.bikemap.net/route/2087305/widget?width=600&height=400&maptype=ts_terrain&extended=true&unit=km&redirect=no" width="600"></iframe><br />
Radroute <a href="http://www.bikemap.net/route/2087305" style="color: #2a88ac; text-decoration: underline;">2087305</a> - powered by <a href="http://www.bikemap.net/" style="color: #2a88ac; text-decoration: underline;">Bikemap</a> </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01804048240626449866noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8584978633557546291.post-54877268957160073862013-04-27T16:53:00.002-07:002013-04-28T19:52:02.768-07:00Resting Day / Fisherman’s Festival<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1bC3AlPopD-oq55Y741Fz8b62YwXQXizessYQ5yXGYeGVaggPkoAPVkv9pBmQvanD22RLLkJTHnFixNwIWnj1lZlxGKf7Bg3mwrf7QP-mFdLDvFr5wRQgT1_2LVTlfHzttYSY4GVqFqxt/s1600/DSC01748.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1bC3AlPopD-oq55Y741Fz8b62YwXQXizessYQ5yXGYeGVaggPkoAPVkv9pBmQvanD22RLLkJTHnFixNwIWnj1lZlxGKf7Bg3mwrf7QP-mFdLDvFr5wRQgT1_2LVTlfHzttYSY4GVqFqxt/s320/DSC01748.JPG" width="240" /></a><span lang="EN-GB">Today
regeneration is on the program, which means no cycling. I have not yet written
much about the place where I stay: Santa Rosa. Well evil minded people could
say that the reason is simply that there is not much to write about. That’s
certainly a harsh way to put it, but may be not completely wrong. With its 150’000
inhabitants Santa Rosa make a quite relaxed and save impression. I have not yet
seen neighbourhoods where I would feel very uneasy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">On
the other from the architecture not too much should be expected. Santa Rosa
looks like a typical West coast community. The Emipre Building at the Old
Courthouse Square is one of the few older buildings. Otherwise things look like
more or less anywhere else. </span><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4NscQsrAVy7KSXcG_5_IhVzIv2K2cjy-r66ADr6xoy2m2yIIZ3vJlEObmjGgc4ddai8S1oycwGC1W-F5HpTdO4RRyJxxwUzl5NKugZmS6MdxbTqtPpNIzSdL1ULe1ug6U4uwno1gQl5at/s1600/DSC01749.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4NscQsrAVy7KSXcG_5_IhVzIv2K2cjy-r66ADr6xoy2m2yIIZ3vJlEObmjGgc4ddai8S1oycwGC1W-F5HpTdO4RRyJxxwUzl5NKugZmS6MdxbTqtPpNIzSdL1ULe1ug6U4uwno1gQl5at/s320/DSC01749.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<span lang="EN-GB">The only further thing is that Down Town is divided
in east-west direction by a large shopping mall the “Santa Rosa Plaza” it is
like a gigantic red brick fallen between the two centres of down town. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8C2KWnPGIn7s1YO_8qkHDnTk71IkRTKaEkaKnlrCcoUojMqziHJ7ipEGVhGV5yeQ74w8_qm47iuhAJVaM6gTvRhhqPFss8YPZqMqWpdqwkVIU9QQbVbcAtYeFa-OT_2yNCoREhG-a9DQ3/s1600/DSC01745.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8C2KWnPGIn7s1YO_8qkHDnTk71IkRTKaEkaKnlrCcoUojMqziHJ7ipEGVhGV5yeQ74w8_qm47iuhAJVaM6gTvRhhqPFss8YPZqMqWpdqwkVIU9QQbVbcAtYeFa-OT_2yNCoREhG-a9DQ3/s320/DSC01745.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">First
I wanted to visit the “Dear Machines” Fair at Half Moon Bay, which is south of
San Francisco, however tried to drive too far I decided to visit something
closer, the “Fish Fest” in Bodega Bay. </span>I
do not want to see snobbish, but the fair is exactly what the clichés would
lead you to expect, but therefore also it has its charm.<br />
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2pOViTG-FnLl-0hEbjl8cmj5dnvEo0j4PV36g_u2G3G8NF67hpMJces0OLuFshoNTJ6fnZHqhUkVCMj9tOxKskxF9kgbcTclqFeaaErcV01rKVRT3k8TPJVio-hmMZjWn-WfiBtoTVKuQ/s1600/DSC01754.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2pOViTG-FnLl-0hEbjl8cmj5dnvEo0j4PV36g_u2G3G8NF67hpMJces0OLuFshoNTJ6fnZHqhUkVCMj9tOxKskxF9kgbcTclqFeaaErcV01rKVRT3k8TPJVio-hmMZjWn-WfiBtoTVKuQ/s320/DSC01754.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">You
could find stands selling more or less everything and the question from
handcrafted Ravioli rolling pin to homemade soap in any shape. What has it to
do with fishery? I do not know and the people certainly didn’t care. Of course
also country bands were playing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="IT">This
following is for my cousin Cri “Purtroppo non ho vinto il Quilt, che è stato il
primo premio della lotteria qui.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="IT"><br /></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifWhe26L8uNi9FEC1f359fA573bX4hKfDLka7ZE7smsWjN444iVBZs_BN5Nk-rOdoiPVbOR9k7phfH8bK8vK8pf5jerpptP790s86Y3yXqnkyotP2eEvbbXwui9pOrmUUNFWvvKBdIbhCG/s1600/DSC01750.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifWhe26L8uNi9FEC1f359fA573bX4hKfDLka7ZE7smsWjN444iVBZs_BN5Nk-rOdoiPVbOR9k7phfH8bK8vK8pf5jerpptP790s86Y3yXqnkyotP2eEvbbXwui9pOrmUUNFWvvKBdIbhCG/s320/DSC01750.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span lang="EN-GB">Last but not
least the prospect of some real good sea food helped to make the decision to
come here and indeed the BBQ Oysters with Garlic-Butter were delicious. </span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDK0-VgLXrrdyyeCCn78ckPDy4H1HYihZUd_KEy_flgQRf5hgowEbT83w8G-mYv383t172gAcRDx7KokmhsRlOubvizleVByAHLiwGlqPfQPHDCRfH6hqjXBLmnkhgpulCnH2BaFtVB8VJ/s1600/DSC01766.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDK0-VgLXrrdyyeCCn78ckPDy4H1HYihZUd_KEy_flgQRf5hgowEbT83w8G-mYv383t172gAcRDx7KokmhsRlOubvizleVByAHLiwGlqPfQPHDCRfH6hqjXBLmnkhgpulCnH2BaFtVB8VJ/s320/DSC01766.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjALYD7VPrZY8aRvCiOWMCDwg0fqhD42lgjq1QcGCkCEwQfo-r2p14B96pRsPOSWuzE22SHzvmumCI8jf7WASQGFqP7K118svw6aF5hcT8ISptLA2Cg6vrCTWpeUXoj1mpSpNHvPFmeHJ4t/s1600/DSC01770.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjALYD7VPrZY8aRvCiOWMCDwg0fqhD42lgjq1QcGCkCEwQfo-r2p14B96pRsPOSWuzE22SHzvmumCI8jf7WASQGFqP7K118svw6aF5hcT8ISptLA2Cg6vrCTWpeUXoj1mpSpNHvPFmeHJ4t/s320/DSC01770.JPG" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-GB">However
they did not pack too much meat. So it was very fortunate that I run on my way
back to Santa Rosa (via Petaluma) on a roadside BBQ grill were the half rack
Spare Ribs made for a great lunch and dinner as well as I could only negotiate
half of the portion. The ribs were a bit on the fatty side, but were
super tender, abundant, spicy, sweet and sticky with one word great! The place
(</span><a href="http://www.bubbaquesdeli.com/"><span lang="EN-GB">http://www.bubbaquesdeli.com/</span></a><span lang="EN-GB">) gets apparently some
mixed reviews, however if I need to pack some calories next time, I know where
to go. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">Tomorrow
I need to be at 1030 at the south side of the Golden Gate Bridge to meet up
with the folks of the Mission Cycling Club for a ride.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br /></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01804048240626449866noreply@blogger.com1