Take BART -> Fremont. Bike to Alviso. Ride for hours on levees, around salt evaporation ponds and in-progress-of-restoration wetlands habitats, past trains and abandoned buildings in an alien landscape. Jackrabbits and egrets galore. Ride on to Caltrain, completing a full circle of the Bay. ...
bike on the tracks (near Alviso)
For a break from work on a long day I went on a 30-mile ride along the Bay Trail, across the Dumbarton Bridge (my first time), and up to the top of the hill in a park in Fremont just as the sun was setting. It was beautiful. ...
cell phone panorama after a sunset bike ride to Fremont
Currently in the works: a two-night bike camping trip to Sky Camp in Point Reyes National Seashore (I made the reservations six months ago and am finally sorting out the details– I’ve talked to several people and it looks like we’ll have a good posse). I’ll probably follow the same general route as this Point Reyes trip from last year, to keep it easy to plan…
got some more maps:
friends’ nice tandem:
free bike tune-ups at Outside Lands
I had to make the reservation 6 months ago early on a Saturday morning (as the camp sites often fill up within hours of going on sale), but we lucked out on the weather, and seven of us camped on Angel Island (5 by bike). The Long Haul Trucker handled well as usual, even loaded with two unconventional panniers: ...
The bike-mounted cooler I made rides again, this time carrying 2 lbs of marinated beef, tubs of pickles, and beer, to a camping trip…