I’m back from the Bay Area and am I glad I went. My conference was fine, but the real highlight of the trip was the biking.
Bay Area folks are very respectful of cyclists, we, in Hawaii, could learn a lot from them. As far as I could tell there’s not a bad egg among them.
A quick recap of my biking…
- Wednesday
I took the BART out to Walnut Creek on the day of my arrival and biked a bit of the Iron Horse Trail, at least until I got too wet to enjoy the ride. Then I checked out Rivendell Bicycle Works. I bought a new Brooks B-17 saddle, though I haven’t had time to put it on a bike yet. - Thursday
I ferried to Fisherman’s Wharf from Oakland and biked over the Golden Gate Bridge and out to Tiburon. Wow! That’s about all there is to say about it. Wow! - Friday
My conference started so I didn’t have much time for riding. I did ride from my hotel, the Marriott City Center, over to Lake Merritt and around it a couple times. - Saturday
I had even less time for biking, but at lunch I biked down to Jack London Square, had some crab, then around Lake Merritt again. - Sunday
This was my long ride, from Dublin south till I realized I was going south! Then I turned around and went north up the Iron Horse Trail to Concord. Ooops…then south again to get back to the BART. In all it was probably 35 miles on what should have been a 27 miles ride. No worries though, I enjoyed it all. - Monday
No riding I’m afraid. I woke up late and had to go back home.
It was a wonderful trip and I look forward to going back sometime to do more riding. What fabulous place to bike.
Aloha!