After so many months of planning, it's kind of weird to think it's all over - and I've been schlepping around the house in a bit of a down mood in the week since we got home. For much of the year there were all the pre-trip logistics to deal with, not the least of …
Category: 2017 – Pacific Coast, US
Winding up and heading home.
We are back home, and it's been more than a week since our last day riding into San Francisco. I had thought it might take me some time to want to get on a bike again, but already I am keen for tomorrow (Saturday) so we can reassemble the bike, and take it out for …
Packing up
First time breaking down the tandem to fit in the cases was always going to be time-consuming. Well, first, we rode it one more time on Thursday morning - to Home Depot to buy some tools and scissors. To the laundromat to wash the stinky bike clothes. (One last chat with a random person who …
Day 17 – Fairfax to San Francisco (south) and DONE.
53k. 513m gained. We did it. 🙂 Urban cycling via established bike routes from Fairfax through San Anselmo, over some hill, then down through Sausalito. Initially, it was a lot of "Follow that rider!" - cycling is pretty popular there. By the time we got to Sausalito we were mixing it with the bike hire …
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Stopover in Fairfax
Because why not! So the Inn was quite nice (despite the owner's freakout about the bike on the carpet) and the village vibe seemed nice, so we decided to linger a day, and do the final ride into San Francisco tomorrow. Turns out Fairfax is kinda the spiritual home of mountain biking, and there's all …
Day 16 – Bodega Bay to Fairfax
84k plus either 900 or 1100 metres up depending on whether you believe Marc's or my Strava! Foggy departure from Bodega Bay after an unappealing attempt at breakfast from a little coffee place next-door to the Inn we stayed at. (Blueberry scone too sweet for me). Fortified with a banana and hard-boiled egg from …
Day 15 – Gualala to Bodega Bay
76k and close enough to 1000m climbing Left by 8 and managed to beat a lot of the Sunday traffic (hotels and motels here have 11am or even 12 checkout!) A couple of roadwork/signal one-laners helped a bit - we'd pull over and let the batch of cars through then have the road to ourselves …
Rest day in Gualala
A much needed break today - for me anyway. Marc could probably just keep going with his Energizer Battery powered legs (and mind over matter philosophy). I'm still working on the "Shut up Legs" thing. Maybe we need some matching 'Shut Up Legs' jerseys. Last night we met up again with the three American ladies …
Day 14 – Mendocino to Gualala
80k and +1100m climbing Legs were feeling it today, despite the elevation total coming from lots of ups and down. More and more spectacular coastal scenery that is impossible to capture adequately on camera. Part of that is because there was literally nowhere to pull off the road. In parts the other side of the …
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