Quick, Overnight Bicycle Touring

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San Francisco to Kirby Cove

Short overnight outing of the NorCal Bike Touring Meetup group.  Left San Francisco from the Ferry building a little after 6pm and returned by 9am the next morning.  Kirby Cove is located just northwest of the Golden Gate bridge in the Marin headlands area.  There are four campsites available by reservation.

Our route and pictures of the trip can be seen at:

http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1582973

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Bodega Bay reflection. An unusually quiet Pacific Ocean. We had to carry our bikes over the part of the path that was reclaimed by a sand dune. It is a joy to unload bikes, set up camp, and then ride the bikes around camp. The bikes feel like different bikes--faster and more nimble.

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More blackberries near Bodega. Berries line the highway for miles and miles. It is great to stop to fish them out of the thickets. When I'd get a great one, I tried to stop so that the memory would linger. 

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Along the Russian river.

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Beach tips

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THANK YOU, GEORGE.

Thank you for the years and years of great cycling.

Thank you for being a gentleman within the peloton.

Thank you for giving us someone to root for in Paris Roubaix.

Thank you for shrugging off all the falls and coming back stronger.

Thank you for being such a fine representative of the United States.

Enjoy your retirement. Cycling will miss you.

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George tribute

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Berry breakfast

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Russian River evening

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Russian River picnic

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And we are off!

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Packing up in Sonoma.

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Ready for multiple day bike camping!

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Visit Original Link

While packing up for a trip, one should sing. 

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This is Skaggs Spring Road. Looks great. 

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Here's a AV, narrated slide show of a recent s24o along the Central Coast of California, USA.

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Big sur coast.

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