It was in the mid forties in San Francisco which is incredibly cold when you figure in the damp.  I added another layer and I was still cold.  Brrr.  If it gets much colder than this I'm going to have to start going into work very early and then getting a longer ride in at lunch.  I headed off Corbett to Portola to Woodside to Dewey to Taravel and down to the coast.  I came down the Great Highway and stopped just north of Lake Merced for a pic of the ocean at sunrise:



I continued on the Great Highway to Skyline to Lake Merced to Font to Holloway to Lunado to Mercedes to Paloma to Ocean to Santa Ana to Saint Francis to Santa Clara to Portola to Claremont to Ulloa.  I love the juxtaposition of St. Brendan's with the Radio Tower:



Saint Brendan's has such a pretty tiled bell tower:



I continued on Ulloa to Sydney to Portola to Twin Peaks and up to the viewing platform.  It was a gorgeous clear morning:



Sunrise



Downtown



North Bay



Golden Gate Bridge:



Marin:



Ocean:



I came down Twin Peaks to Clayton to Ashbury to Haight to Buchanan to Page to Laguna to Golden Gate to Market to Sansome.  This is the view looking up California from Sansome:



Me:



I continued up Sansome into work.

I had a hard time getting moving this morning, probably due to my junk food orgy from the night before.  When I finally got my ass out of the house I headed off Corbett to Portola to Woodside to Dewey to Taravel and down to the coast.  Man, was it ever cold.  I came up the Great Highway and went into Golden Gate Park at MLK.  I followed that to Stow Lake.  Which I nearly fell into because I slipped on the slick wood on the dock that I stopped on to take this picture:



I headed over to JFK and followed that to the Panhandle to Baker to Fulton.  This is the view looking down Fulton from Scott.  Perfection:



These pretty Victorians are on Scott at Fulton.  Swanky:



Closer up:



I took Scott to McAllister.  This is a superfantastic apartment building on McAllister at Scott:



I took McAllister to Polk.  This interesting apartment building is on Polk at O'Farrell.  I've never really noticed it before but it has all these nice angles.  It doesn't blow me away but it's interesting:



I continued on Polk to Post.  This is a fabulous sign for the Starlite Room in the Sir Francis Drake Hotel.  Likey:



I continued on Post.  This is Post from Powell to Grant:



I continued on Post to Kearny.  This is the view looking down Kearny at the Bank of America building:



I took Kearny to Bush to Sansome and into work.

It was freezing cold again this morning.  I wanted to go through the Mission to get some extra mileage in but I was afraid I'd never warm up if I did that so I took Corbett instead.  I took Corbett to Portola and stopped for a pic of the chilly sunrise:



I continued on Portola to Woodside to Dewey to Taravel and down to the coast.  I came up the Great Highway and then got on Geary to 34th and up to the Palace of the Legion of Honor.  I noticed that the Pax Jerusalemme sculpture looked a little different in the cold, clear light.  Much more vivid:



The Palace of the Legion of Honor:



I got on Camino Del Mar and headed into the Presidio.  I continued into Lincoln to Cowles and down to Crissy Field and then Mason into Marina to Fort Mason and then Van Ness to Beach to Columbus.  This was the view looking down at the Financial District from Columbus and Kearny:



Me:



I continued on Columbus into Montgomery to Clay to Sansome and into work.

I slept better last night than I have in a week because Mr. Poe is back in town and all is right in the world once again.  The dogs raised a bit of a fuss when Mr. Nick and Jeff headed off for the airport around 4:15 but I was getting up a few minutes after that so it was OK.  It was very cold this morning--  in the forties!  I headed off Corbett to Portola to Woodside to Dewey to Taravel and down to the coast.  I went down the Great Highway and stopped at the foot of Sloat for pics of the coast.  People were surfing in this weather.  Crazy, crazy people:



The view south:



The view north:



I continued on the Great Highway and stopped a little north of Lake Merced for more pics.  So pretty:



Me:



I continued on the Great Highway to Skyline to Lake Merced to Font to Holloway.  This is the view of Ingleside Heights with the Twin Peaks radio tower in the background from Holloway and Junipero Serra:



I continued on Holloway to Harold to Ocean to Phelan to Judson to Foerster to Hearst to Edna to Monterey to Diamond to Wilder to Arlington to Randall to San Jose to Duncan to Valencia to Market to Sansome and into work.  It was still very cold when I got to work.  Ahhh, winter.

It was freezing cold and pouring down rain when I got up.  I almost didn't go to the Different Spokes monthly Jersey Ride but TV said that it was gonna be nice and why would TV lie??  That and I was such a hot mess the day before I needed to suffer a little.  There were only couple of people at Peets when I got there.

Doug, Michael, and Larry:



Jeff, Cameron, and Brian:



Chris with Joel and Brian's adorable dog:



We headed off and I could tell right away that the grey wet weather was only in the city and that it was sunny in Marin. 

Cameron, Jeff, and David at the Golden Gate Bridge:



David, Larry, and Doug:



Sausalito was sunny and the rest of the ride was gorgeous.  Score!  We had a nice ride to Tiburon.  I felt pretty good.  A little hung over for some reason.  But pretty good.  We stopped at Shark's in Tiburon for lunch.

Cameron and Jeff:



Larry looking all secret agent:



From there we headed over to Belvedere Island.  We stopped at the pretty lookout for pics.

Larry, Jeff, and Doug:



The view of the Golden Gate Bridge from Belvedere:



The view towards Tam:



From there we headed back to Sausalito and then I did Marin Headlands.  Nobody else wanted to go.  Their loss.  It was gorgeous.  This was the view from the top:





Me:



I headed down towards Rodeo Beach and stopped for an unusual view of the bridge with the pretty beaches thrown in:



I'm pretty sure this would have been a firing range back when this was a military base based on the way it's been excavated.  Now it's chomping central for these adorable deer:



Nom, Nom, Nom.



I headed back home and got cleaned up and then Mr. Nick and Jess came back from Napa and we took the dogs for a long walk and had dinner.  Then I hung out and waited for Mr. Poe's flight to land.  I can't wait!  Baby's back in town!!

Bike Mileage:
Today                                                  59.1
Week to date                                      221.5
Month to date                                     520.2
Year to date                                     7,319.4
To Goal                                           2,680.6
Over (Under) plan                          (1,392.9)
YTD Mileage vs Last Year             (2,597.6)
Rolling Year                                    8,149.1
Since Inception 10/1/07                  20,597.1