City Views

The view you're looking at is from part of last night's ride. And yes, it was actually this clear out. It was sunny in San Francisco yesterday - who knew sun even existed in this little 7x7 city. I was beginning to think SF was turning into a little Seattle. I actually had no intentions on riding last evening, I was going to visit the Zynga peeps (awesome folks who feed the markers of Farmville) after finally going to the bike clinic. Apparently Mike's Bike's is having its megasale and due to high volume of shoppers, clinic was closed.
I did go over to the shop and have them help me with my tires though. As stupid as this is, it's true, I could not successfully pump air into my tires. Neither could my room mate. In fact, the more I tried, I kept letting more air out. It was like, dumb & dumber fix a bike. Hopefully today's lesson at MB's sticks.
With my tires finally firm & pumped, I set out to Crissy Field. I don't like crossing the bridge after 2 PM and the only reason why is because of the winds. So my new thing is to climb up to the bridge, then climb over and up in the Presidio, and coast down to Sea Cliff (pic above). Today I decided to keep going and went up to the Legion of Honor -- I wish I had a digital camera to show everyone how amazing the water, mountains, and bridge looked. Don't be too jealous though because I was swearing and cursing up that hill.

After Sea Cliff I went down Point Lobos road, past the Cliff House, and coasted down by the beach for a bit. Had this not been the nicest day of the summer, I would have froze. Then up to Golden Gate Park, the Pan Handle/Haigh, up to the Castro, then back down the mission. You can see my route here:




Ended up being a great ride that I will for sure repeat. Also made me realize how spoiled we Californians are. Through out the 22 miles of hills and roads I saw the Pacific Ocean, Golden Gate Bridge, Golden Gate park, historic Victorians, Redwoods, San Francisco Bay, the skyline, Headland Mountains, and some crazy characters in the Haight... Made me truly appreciate living on the west coast & decided that the incredible living fees of the Bay Area are worth it if I have access to this every day.