Mid-Week Rides: Bolinas/Bodega Bay

17 August 2006

Marc writes:

It started, as most mid-week rides start, with an email message. The result was a plan to meet at the north end of the Golden Gate bridge at 9 AM, go to breakfast, then ride to the coast over the Fairfax-Bolinas road. At breakfast we decided to detour to the Mt Tam observation area, too.

I took eleventy-seven pictures but most of them came out crap and were thrown away. I’ve been playing with manual exposure and this ride proved that I still have a lot to learn before I start getting it right. Some of the salvageable images follow.

I wasn’t the only one to take pictures. Chris sent a bunch, too.

View from Mt Tam

Chris, Bob, and Rob

Chris and Rob

Rob

Bob

Marc on his GS

Bob sent this picture of me on the bridge of Alpine Lake on the Fairfax-Bolinas road.

At the bottom of the Fairfax-Bolinas Rd we headed North on the coast highway with a stop at Pt Reyes so Chris and Rob could have a smoke break: there was no smoking allowed on Mt Tam. After the break we continued North to Bodega Bay with a stop at the Tides for coffee and a snack. Rob and I took a direct route home from there, Chris and Bob weren’t in as much of a hurry.

Chris

Rob

Honda!

Bodega Bay

Gull

View from Marin headlands

Bike and bridge

Rob and I hit the GG bridge just before 4 PM. Being cheap, I took the last exit and stopped to take some more pictures, killing the few minutes needed for car pool rates (free for motorcycles) went into effect.