September 30, 2007
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Friday, September 28
It was cool when I headed off and I wasn’t feeling very well so I took an easier ride without a lot of hills. You know, for me. I rode Corbett to Portola to Woodside to Dewey to Taravel and then down to the coast. Then I came up into Golden Gate Park and rode around there and came out at the Rose Garden. I then rode 11th to Lake to Arguello and into the Presidio. I came out the Lombard Gate and rode Greenwich to Polk to Broadway and then through the Broadway tunnel. Which is scary. Because all those people who live in Pacific Heights are in a big big hurry to go somewhere and do not like to see a bicycle in their tunnel at all even though it’s a bike route. You can even see the bike route sign in this picture of the Polk side of the tunnel:
The scariest part of the tunnel is the first half because by the second half you’re going downhill and about the same speed as the cars so it isn’t as big of an issue.
Don’t I look delighted to have made it through alive??
I continued down Broadway to Columbus and then into work. I got this pic coming back from lunch. Its the view down Sansome from Market. The sun was starting to come out:
After work I headed out Columbus into Fisherman’s Wharf. I got a shot of this British Airways 747-400 heading for Heathrow:
I went to the Municipal Pier in Fisherman’s Wharf and took a few pics of the city from there:
I’ve photographed this ship before but never from so close up. It’s so cool looking! I don’t know anything else about it:
I headed over into Fort Mason where they were getting ready for a Jazz Festival. The dogs of Fort Mason just wanted to know what food they were serving:
I headed over to Crissy Field where I got some shots of the fog rolling in over the Golden Gate Bridge:
I rode around in the Presidio for a while. Some of the buildings are really neat. These are cool in a run down kind of way. This one seems a little southern with the verandahs.
I came out of the Presidio at 15th ave and rode 15th to Fulton and into Golden Gate Park. I came out of the park at Kezar Stadium. The fog hadn’t reached to Haight yet and the buildings looked really beautiful against the setting sun:
I continued on Frederick to Cole to Carmel to Clayton to Corbett and then home. Total bike mileage 34.4
