Since late January I’ve been working for Love to Ride to promote May is Bike Month. This was a job that required new skills on my part. Trying to do a reasonably competent job took root in my brain and occupied my thoughts, even when I wasn’t actually working. Or thinking I should be working. There has been no sewing. But today, I made some progress and it felt good. I fixed a zipper on a jacket and took in the side seams on some shirts for friends in Lake Wildwood.
Only the final report for Love to Ride remains. Almost to the real finish line.
Sunday morning. Lennore and I rode to the Jibe office for a ride called Eastside Loop.
Laurie was the ride leader, Ki was the mechanic, Lori rode sweep. 22 riders!
A bathroom stop in Discovery Park.
We rode the American River Bike Trail to Northgate where we crossed over to E Levee Rd which is now a bike trail from Northgate to Sotnip Rd then becomes a barely-traveled road. It parallels Steelhead Creek. This picture, taken by Lori/sweep, is close to our left turn onto Sorento Rd.
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.
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.
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