Category Archives: Biking

Bike training and recreation

Day 16: Santa Cruz to Carmel Valley

Today’s Highlights: Today’s ride started out differently, with a 7:00 departure and a stop two miles down the road for breakfast. We immediately continued from the restaurant for a very gloomy twenty miles on typical business roads, then finally reached … Continue reading

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Day 15: San Francisco to Santa Cruz

Today’s Highlights: Our 92-mile ride today was the longest of this tour and included over 5100 feet of climbing.  However, it was a very enjoyable ride and the hours went by fast.  I guess we are getting well conditioned for … Continue reading

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Day 14: San Francisco Rest Day

Today’s Highlights: This morning Chris and I met with Carl who rode cross country with me in 2002, and we caught up on each others biking adventures.  Later in the morning my sister and brother, June and Richard, arrived and … Continue reading

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Day 13: Petaluma to San Francisco

Today’s Highlights: Every day of this adventure we have experienced new sites, and today we transported ourselves into an entirely different world.  After spending twelve days along nearly uninhabited beaches, silent mystical forest, farms that stretch to the horizon, and … Continue reading

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