April 19, 2007

  • I was up at 5AM this morning.  Mr. Poe is not crazy about that.  But for some reason it takes me 90 minutes to get ready to go in the morning and I've been unable to shorten that duration.  It's mostly because it takes me 45 minutes to get breakfast down and read my e-mails in the morning.  I was out of the house at 6:30 and I took Corbett to Portola to Laguna Honda to Dewey to Taraval down to the ocean.  The fog had rolled in a little so it was a little warmer but not as pretty as it's been at the beach.  I came up the great highway and climbed the big hill up Geary and then continued up to the Palace of the Legion of Honor:

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    I don't get this sculpture at all but I supposed it must be fabulous:

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    From there I continued down through Seacliff whose residents have a beautiful view of the Golden Gate Bridge:

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    and then I went through the Presidio and out through the Lombard Gate up to Union.  I took Union all the way up over Russian Hill.  Here's the view from the top:

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    I came in down Columbus.  And then I got a flat tire.  I was close enough to work that I just walked the bike in but I've gotta fix it because I'm going home for lunch and then I've got class again tonight.  Total Mileage: 16.5(not counting walking)