Tour de Berryessa - Day 2

Day 2 was spent mostly along the shores of Lake Berryessa. In the summer, Berryessa is a crowded, hot, and dry inferno, but in March it is desolate, green, and more than pleasant.





It might be a short drive from San Francisco, but this is not Pelosi's California out here:



Lake Berryessa.











The Knoxville-Berryessa Road north of Lake Berryessa is the reason I chose to bike this route to Ukiah. It is about as lonely and wild a road as you can find around here. In 24 hours I saw a total of three cars. I had the road to myself, the weather was cool, and the scenery .





I got to cross six or seven of these. Very nice.





I found a discreet campsite about a half mile up a dirt path off the Knoxville Road. I got to test the bike out in the dirt and mud (works great) and the camp spot was one of those camp spots I'll remember for awhile.





A couple shots taken from my bed at like midnight or so.

A Rookie Rides to Mendocino (County)

In a direct effort to combat cabin fever, I took off on a four day bike tour of Central California. Left home in Sacramento on Monday and arrived in Ukiah on Thursday. 185 miles. 22,000 vertical feet up and down (lots of up and down).





Day 1 took me about 45 miles from the morning traffic of Sacramento through the orchards of Davis and Winters to a stealth campsite at the top of Putah Creek near Lake Berryessa.



Spring is now in the Central Valley.

Steep Ravine.

The $500 Tour of San Francisco

If you too want to enjoy the $500 tour of San Francisco, just park your car on Bay Street near the Marina. Go on your bike ride. Come back to where you parked. Find that it has been towed. Call number. Bike across town to impound lot. Pay $430 fine plus $70 parking citation. Retrieve car. Go home to reminisce about carefree, beautiful San Francisco.

Vancouver

Quite possibly the greatest city in North America.



The Ladies Looovvvee it!

Mount Shuksan from Mt Baker Ski Resort

Bellingham and Environs.

We didn't spend much time taking pictures, and those that we did take were cursed by the infamous gray light of the Northwest.









Taylor Farms on Samish Bay. Oysters straight out of the bay for $8/dozen.

City Ride.

Did more fixing than riding. 70 degrees in the city on the first day of February.



The eventual route.





First breakdown of the day. Broken chain.





The view.



Second breakdown. More repairs.





Andy Goldsworthy "Spire".