2012 was another great year for biking, with friends, on many new adventures. Looking back, the highlights for me were:
An overnight 120-mile ride to Russian River Brewery with a big group, tasting Pliny the Younger, staying in a retro motel, merging a few different social groups, and a dramatic conclusion.
Bringing my bike on a trip to Chicago and taking an overnight trip to Wisconsin with a few friends who live there, on mostly dedicated paved paths, braving flooding and angry birds.
Biking 100 miles to barbeque oysters outdoors at Tomales Bay.
Organizing a tour of San Francisco dumpling shops by bike and eating all afternoon.
Riding with a group up to great views from San Bruno mountain, and eating wild blackberries along the way.
Bike camping on Angel Island, with a custom bike-mounted cooler full of ice, beer, and korean BBQ (the bike only played a modest role in this trip)
The alien landscapes of Alviso Salt Flats
With a really fun group and great weather, bike camping up to Point Reyes Sky Camp, for the second year.
Following bike paths in the far East Bay (Pittsburgh/Antioch) to a guided underground tour of Black Diamond coal/sand mines
Bike touring the scenic, sleepy Sacramento Delta, in two days from Sacramento back to BART, eating wild grapes, sitting by the river, seeing birds and dusk, and riding ferries.
Ahh.
Here’s to bike adventures in 2013.