Thanks for sharing your adventure. Love the giraffe! Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>*
On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 8:41 AM Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > Got the numbering on these a little out of order but eh? doesn't really > matter. > > I took a nice cycle ride on Wednesday... Hopped the train with the Fatboy > Comp Carbon here in Santa Clara and exitted in Redwood City. > > https://flic.kr/p/2hA19D3 > > I met a friend there for lunch. Afterwards, I let Google Maps guide me > back down the Peninsula towards Mountain View. I had it set to cycling and > it took me through a marvelously twisty and fun route that I'd never have > dreamed up myself. I stopped several times to make a photo when the light > and the scene moved me. > > First, at the edge of Menlo Park and Palo Alto, there was this giraffe: > > https://flic.kr/p/2hA19CB > > After that, I crossed over the US 101 highway complex at the Arastradero > maze using the very long pedestrian bridge there and headed out on the Bay > Trail. It was a lovely day out and the trail was completely empty when I > was there, the first time that's happened on the rides I've taken there. > > https://flic.kr/p/2hzXjFq > > This trail goes way out onto the edge of SF Bay, and can take you onto > dirt around east of Moffet Field, but I didn't want to go that way. Hopping > back over US 101 via another pedestrian bridge, and then wiggling through > one neighborhood after another, I found myself right back at one of my > favorite cafe's in downtown Mountain View, Dana Street Roasting Company. > These chairs begged to be photographed, the light was stunning in rich > contrasts. > > https://flic.kr/p/2hzXjFR > > From there to home is a (mostly boring) pretty straight shot down Evelyn > and onto Monroe, about 8 miles or so long. I didn't stop again to make any > photos in that section, I just pounded pedals and flew as it is slightly > downhill most of the way… :) > > All told, it was 27 miles on that run at 11.8 mph average speed. I > pummeled down 1400 calories of pedaling... It was great! All photos made > with the Leica CL fitted with Voigtländer 10mm f/5.6. > > onwards, always onwards! > G > — > The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
