The last day of May is Bike Month.
SABA staff “occupied” several parking spaces along R Street (across from Shady Lady) ALL day with parked vehicles paying City parking fees until about 3:30 when those spaces were transformed into pop-up tents with activities
and spaces to sit and visit to celebrate the end of the 2024 challenge.
Linda, Ade, and Kathy. Always fun to catch up on each other’s lives.
Salmon taquitos with avocado cream and Mushroom and prosciutto crostini.
A new game arrived. Tapple: a set of cards with categories, like “boys names” “cheeses” “professional athletes”. Choose and press a letter from the outside edge, name something or someone that starts with that letter within 10 seconds, and press the center button – a timer. Fun!
I was grateful Carson didn’t know that Walter Cronkite wasn’t a professional athlete. Shh, don’t tell him.
Seven of us drove to the Larkspur Ferry Terminal to take the 10 am ferry to San Francisco. Note: thank you Brenda for taking about half of the following pictures.
Approaching the San Francisco Ferry Terminal:
From the stern, Treasure Island and the Bay Bridge:
Excellent riding along The Embarcadero – much better than being in a car.
After the first big climb, a view of the Marina District. In the distance, our next stop was at the left edge of the Golden Gate at the water’s edge under the arch.
At Fort Point: Brenda, Leo, Cheryl, Charlie, Becky, CherylB. We backtracked slightly to begin the climb to the ocean side of the bridge – reserved for cyclists on the weekends.
That’s me up ahead. Time to slow down, pay attention, and be patient. Some riders are fast and confident, others are wobbly tourists on rented bikes. Blind corners up ahead when going around the pillars.
Sausalito, our lunch stop:
Downtown Tiburon:
More climbing. Paradise Cay:
Across from the Larkspur Ferry Terminal, was a bike/ped bridge to a great place to celebrate a great ride before driving back to Sacramento.
34 miles and Brenda successfully managed her battery use and finished the ride with power. On the last GGB ride, she ran out of power with 3 miles to go; thankfully it was flat.
If you ride a bike to any restaurant any Saturday in May and spend $10, you will receive a $15 gift card from Jibe to a local popular grocery store. Today, five of us rode 14 miles, stopped at Starbucks for breakfast, then 6 miles back to the start. Standing: me, Lennore, BarbaraB. Seated: Skye, BarbaraL.
Tuesday May 21. Kathy and Dani:
Wednesday May 22. Lori and Brenda:
Thursday May 23. Dani and Kathy:
Saturday May 25. Jane, Cheryl, and BarbaraB
Dani, Kathy, and Stacey:
In Marysville. Blue Zones Project Yuba Sutter organized a May is Bike Month event on Thursday. Partners and vendors arrived at about 3:15 to set up. This was a first-ever event so everyone was hoping this street would be filled with people from 4-7.
Blue Zones Project was the primary organizer of this event.
Ready to encourage people to sign up for May is Bike Month.
Rob and Hillary from SABA were there to promote a mode shift to e-bikes. They brought 4 different types of e-bikes and helmets. After signing a waiver, individuals could go for a ride around the block.
Lap It Up was a 20-minute event that turned out to be quite popular. Three laps equaled one mile.
About 40 people met in front of City Hall at 5:00.
SABA friends – Tyler, Pierson, Rob, Deb:
Thank you Brenda for coming with me. We drove to the end point, then rode to City Hall.
Known by everyone as JDW – Jennifer Donlon Wyant, Active Transportation Specialist for the Department of Public Works, City of Sacramento – got the event rolling.
We stopped periodically to see improvements being made by the City to make bicycling safer.
A quick-build project at Broadway & Martin Luther King Blvd. Vertical delineators to channel traffic, slow things down, and make the crossing safer for pedestrians and bicyclists.
The end point, Oak Park Brewing Co:
We met at the bike/ped bridge over I-80 near Peregrine Park – Lennore, Brenda, Cheryl, Millan, me:
and rode to Bike Dog Brewing in W Sacramento to celebrate Velorama. REI gave members, and those who became members, a free drink ticket. Bici Perro – a very good Mexican lager.
Alternate choice, wine from (Dusty) Baker Family Wines:
Lunch, shopping, and visiting before heading back.
The River Park Trail in W Sacramento, the Tower Bridge in the distance.
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