Sounds like a nice ride. I like those little adventures where you find somewhere new.
I recently read an article about a group who rode fatbikes across the Simpson Desert in Australia. Something to aspire to? https://cyclingtips.com/2019/10/crossing-the-simpson-desert-by-fat-bike/ Cheers, Dave > On Oct 26, 2019, at 1:41 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.
