Friday, May 14, 2010

San Francisco part deux

After spending the night in the church, which was amazing, we headed
back west in order to head south. It's always nice to roll out the
front door into a 30 mph downhill decent which lasted for around 15
minutes. We didn't realize that we climbed over 2000 feet yesterday so
coming back down was a blast.

Coming back into town, we took the Bart train to Daily City and road
to Highway 1. It wasn't until we were 5 miles down it when we found
out it was no longer accessible to bikes. From there we used US 35,
taking us back into the city.

Running out of daylight, we road towards the coast again to camp and
it seems like every place you need to go here has a mountain range
between it. Climbing up Skyline Drive, we averaged around 4 mph for
one hour then the road shoulder ran out. I looked to see if there was
any other way off this thing and only had one choice left. Standing at
a bend in the road during rush hour on top of a mountain, Evan and I
stood with our thumbs out, freezing in cycling clothes, hoping for a
truck to come by. Within minutes an old construction truck pulled in
and a dude named Willy jumped out of the cab. He let us ride in the
bed all the way down the mountain to Half Moon Beach were we're
sleeping tonight.

In the pictures is Giants stadium, the Golden Gate Bridge, and our
camp site tonight on the coast of the Pacific in Half Moon.

Thanks Willy!

1 comment:

  1. jeeze clay, you weren't kidding about Evan's calves! humor me and tell me, mine are bigger? ;) glad you two got your first hitchhiking experience under your belts!

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