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My
First Ride as a California Resident |
| I've been in California for a week now and hadn't been on
a bike the entire time. It was time to change this!! |
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September 1, 2008
Total Miles: 97 miles
Mountain View, CA to Halfmoon Bay
Tickets: 0
Mishaps: 0
Puckers: 0 |
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| My friend Jim posted on STN that he was going to go for a
ride on Monday, Labor Day. Dan and I replied that we'd like to join him
for a part of it. Jim knows just about every road in this area, whereas
Dan knows very few and I know none. Jim met us at the apartment and then
he led us on a merry ride out to the coast and back. I was invited to stop
and take photos as often as I wanted to, but I found that may of the roads
were were on were narrow and without shoulders, so stopping was an issue.
I tried my best though, and will keep working on it! |
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They have funny signs in California |
An early (and slight) view of the Pacific |
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Dan! |
Tree-covered roads |
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Jim and Dan in the parking lot of Camron's at
Halfmoon Bay |
A real English Pub! |
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Because you can never have junk as cool as this. |
Sign on the boat |
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Wonder Woman!!! |
Sitting outside in the sunshine and ocean breeze |
| After a tasty lunch of fish 'n chips (and a chocolate-banana
shake - mmmmm), Jim took us on some extremely back roads for the ride home.
Naturally they're all new to me so it was challenging to watch the scenery
as well as the road. And not to forget the frequent oncoming traffic on
the narrow blind corners. |
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More tree-covered roads |
Looking back towards the ocean |
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More undulating roads |
Gaining elevation as we leave the coast |
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More coastal greenery |
We even rode through some redwoods |
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Rough road before the final leg home
on #84 |
| Overall I was really impressed with how quickly I could get
to some fun and twisty roads from the apartment. I think that I could keep
myself amused for a long time checking out what the Bay Area has to offer
before even getting out of my own neighborhood. And the way that cars will
move over for bikes is amazing - I think I'm going to enjoy myself here! |
