Great adventure Manny! Great photos as well. On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 10:30 PM, Manuel Acosta <manueljohnaco...@hotmail.com > wrote:
> After reading one of Ray Hosler's adventures of him and various of > other Bay Area cycling legends attempt to ride over to Portola Park > through Big Dipper Ranch.( You can read this story and others on his > website here http://rayhosler.wordpress.com/2011/10/02/once-upon-a-ride-2/ > ) > It inspired me to go on an adventure myself. Being Rivendellish in > spirit but not via bike I decided to head out on the road towards the > Pleasanton Ridge Park looking through a way to get to Castro Valley. > Surprisingly my friends are a lot more smarter when they hear, "Want > to look for a way through Castro Valley via mountain biking trails on > a road bike?" Sadly this ride went solo. And off I went not really > following any route just riding. Once I got to Pleasanton Ridge Park I > decided to follow a group of mountain bikers. While riding up a hill > they jokingly told me my tires were balled, I replied if they knew if > there was a cafe shop near the top we exchanged laughs and nods as I > make my way towards CV. As I ride down Cowing Trail I see a sign that > says "Trail End Ahead 1/3 mile". At this point of the ride I get one > of those WTF moments. I get stuck at my first locked cow gate. Here I > sat and thought about my options: turn back and back track my way back > into Pleasanton or hop the fence and risk getting shot for > trespassing. Being stuck on a time constrain and by myself I did the > most reasonable thing; hop the fence and book it to the closest road. > I have feelings of guilt and excitement as I bypass cows and find > myself hopping more fences until I reach a beautiful hill overlooking > the nearest road Palomares! I'm gitty that I finally found my exit out > and I ride/walk down to hop the last fence. While it was an adventure > I don't ever recommend trespassing private property. So in case you > were wondering Pleasanton Ridge does not connect to Castro Valley. > > Pictures Proved it happened: > http://flic.kr/s/aHsjxVNBA4 > > > Anyone ever accidentally found themselves trespassing on private > property? What do you do if the owner catches you? > > -Manny "shouldn't be riding a road bike on mountain trails" Acosta > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
