One of the regular sunny Sunday in a swim pool with Lawrence, Steve and Cecil; I discussed the possibility to Bike around San Francisco; never though this would be one of the trip of lifetime. And next Sunday there we were; Lawrence had to drop of for a reason; Steve came down to my place in the morning, I put my bike at the back of my Prius and drove to Oakland; picked up Cecil and parked my car at a 45 degree tilt of sfo road, close to Embarcadero ferry building.Steve and Celio rented the Bike while i fixed mine and on our way around 9:30; the day was beautiful; windy, light drizzle and on and off Sun, on demand; trying to condition the temperature for us.
We started from Ferry building; off to Fisherman Wharf; over Golden Gate; in and aorund Sausalito; all the way to Tiburon. In all it was a 16 mile ride; full of fun; beauty and adventure. Up and down the hill; tiring and relaxing at the same time.
I have been to san francisco like a million times; but never saw the beautiful city this way. It has so much that i can spend my entire life, exploring new places every day and still die with a regret of missing 90% of whats in there. No wonder; i might never ever leave bay area.
Well finally we reached Tiburon at 3 pm, hungry and tired; had a sandwich and Chili soup at a local Deli and took the Ferry back to the Ferry Building on Embarcadero. In this beautiful weather we were on a high and decided to map Golden Gate again before the sunset. Well we did reach the base of the Golden Gate but Cecil gave up (to be honest, i wasn't sure if I wanted to do it either.) and we decided to call it a day. Went back to the car and loaded my bike; stopped at China Town for a hot dinner and back home around 8 pm.
Now a days I've been biking around the beautiful trails of Foster City and Redwood shores, all the way to Burlingame and South San Francisco. Am not sure if I can go to San Francisco from here via Brisbane; i'll try it sometime over the weekend.
