[ Finally posting a map and photos from a great group ride organized by K back in October ]: Amtrak to Sacramento with our bikes, then two leisurely days of riding back to BART via the Sacramento river delta.
With drawbridges (and an impromptu tour of a control room), birds at night, a quaint old-timey hotel, a ferry, and old-town California.
The route (about 95 miles, click through for a detailed map):
The crew:
Wild grapes along the path:
One of six drawbridges:
Somehow we got an unofficial tour of the control room (note the broken “Near Leaf is falling into the river” indicator).
Bike ferry.
Goats.
Bales.
Sunset, near where we stayed in the quaint Ryde Hotel.
Rotating “drawbridge”.
Tomato truck driver.
Routing:
The long Antioch Bridge (Rt 160), one of the few sections of hairy traffic riding.
Old pipe.
Great weather, serendipitous meeting of strangers, and a gorgeous ride!