Sunday June 12. All graduates of Better on Bikes 1 and 4. Brenda, Jim, Lennore, Paul, Tracy, Terri, Amal, Cheryl:
Monday June 13. Leo took this picture of Dani, Cheryl, Terri, Kathy:
Me and Cindy:
Tuesday June 15. Kathy, Dani, Barbara, Cheryl:
Thursday June 16. Dani, Jane, Barbara, Kathy, Cheryl:
Friday June 17. A great 41-mile ride on the American River Parkway with Terri, Barbara, and Cheryl. Lunch at William Pond.
Saturday June 18. Dani and Kathy:
Brenda:
I love helping Thais and Lenin when work (or golf) conflicts with the kids’ activities. On Tuesday and Thursday, I picked up Carson at basketball, then picked up Sophia from volleyball at St Ignatius, a quick lunch and 30 minutes later I dropped off Carson at St Ignatius, and drove Avery and Carson back home. Entertainment provided by:
Becky, Pierson and I met at Chevy’s on the River for lunch and chatted about potential bike education programs that SABA could offer to the public, non-profits, businesses.
Thank you Gerald and Vicki for the generous gift card to Piatti. Ade and I had a fantastic late lunch on Tuesday.
Monday June 6. I rode with Dani, Terri, Kathy, and Cheryl:
Thursday June 9. Cindy (after she got home):
Friday June 10. Near Scott’s Seafood, Barbara, Terri, and me:
Saturday June 11. A very early morning ride with Dani, Cindy, Terri, Cheryl, Barbara, and Kathy:
Time with Sophia Avery Carson and Charlie while Lenin played a round of golf. Carson loves to play games. This was our finished stack for the day.
Charlie found a great resting place with a chin rest:
Avery got a hit:
His team won!
Monday May 30. I rode with Cheryl, Art, to Dave’s Market in W Sacramento:
Tuesday May 31. Last day to get in miles for May is Bike Month. Cheryl and I enjoyed a post-ride tour of Dani’s super-clean-and-organized garage:
Thursday June 2. I rode with Kathy, Cheryl, Dani, and Cindy:
Friday June 3. I rode with Cheryl, Terri, Kathy, and Dani:
Saturday June 4. Dani and Kathy:
Rich, Jane, Mary, and Cheryl rode through many vineyards near Lodi:
A group of us met at the Larkspur Ferry Terminal in time to unload our bikes and purchase a ticket for the 9:20 ferry to San Francisco.
The bikes went down a steep set of stairs (on a narrow metal ramp) to a bike rack.
Goodbye Larkspur:
San Quentin:
Becky and me:
San Francisco skyline:
At Fort Point National Historic Site. Becky, Mike, David, me, Chris, Larry, Charlie, Steven, (kneeling) Alan:
Next, a climb to get up to ocean side of the bridge – pedestrians use the bay side.
Caution at the blind corners at the bridge towers and stay out of the way if you’re stopped:
A descent into Sausalito for lunch at an Italian deli, Venice, where they let all 9 of us walk our bikes through their store to park in a small enclosed area. Excellent sandwiches, great service!
Tiburon:
And then the climbing began. I was so happy to have my e-bike, I was able to keep up and wasn’t completely spent. Thank you Chris and Steven from Arlete’s BIG for joining me on this adventure. Thank you Charlie for inviting me and the everyone in our cycling group. Fantastic ride! Our 31.5-mile route:
This morning, I worked as the receptionist at Bike Doc at the North Natomas Farmer’s Market. We took in 51 bikes which were serviced by about 8 mechanics FREE of charge.
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