April 7, 2008

  • Saturday, April 5

    I got up early and took my super fantastic new wheels out for a long day.  I headed over the Golden Gate Bridge and got a great view of the sun coming up over Angel Island from Sausalito:

    I headed over Camino Alto and into Fairfax where I took a break at Perry's on Sir Francis Drake.  They have a little patio in the back that is blissfully free of all the sketch that Fairfax seems to attract in abundance.  Here's a pic of my bike with the new wheels bathed in the morning sunlight:

    And the new wheels themselves.  They're Mavic SL's.  They were recommended by just about everybody and I got them with the REI 20% off sale so I got a really good deal on them.  They're a little flashier than I like, but they're really good wheels and should last a very long time:

    I headed over into San Geronimo Valley and then over into Nicasio Valley and finally over to the Cheese Factory where I took another break.  It was still pretty early and the place was pretty much empty save for geese:

    I headed up Hicks Valley and then turned towards Petaluma.  I got a great shot looking north from the top of Wilson Hill:

    I saw a big goat farm on my way into Petaluma.  Animals are much cuter when you don't eat them.  It's a guilt thing.

    I headed into Petaluma and tried to get out of there in a hurry but there's another fantastic building everywhere you look:

    St. Vincent De Paul's is one of the most elaborately decorated churches I've seen in northern California:

      

    This sign was across the street from the church.  How did they arrive at this length of time.  It seems so random yet so specific:

    Downtown Petaluma is also filled with fabulous buildings.  I'll bet there was a lot of this San Francisco before they all burned down in 1906:

    I headed out Bodega Ave towards the coast.  I stopped just out of town for a few shots of some beautifully dilapidated farm buildings:

    I headed out towards Tomales and stopped in Two Rock which is a tiny little town about halfway there:

    I headed south from Tomales towards Tomales Bay.  Nasty headwinds until you hit the bay.  But it's so pretty when you do:

    Here's me enjoyin' it:

    Dillon Beach is where the Tamales Bay empties out into the ocean:

    I stopped in Marshall for a break at a Marina.  Pretty, but windy and cold:

    I headed down to Point Reyes Station and then up San Geronimo Valley back into Fairfax.  This is pretty Saint Rita's in Fairfax which is pretty and nicely detailed:

    I headed back over Camino Alto and back into Saualito and then over the bridge, through the Presidio and then Arguello to Jackson to Cherry to Washington to Spruce to Clay to Scott to Duboce to Castro to 17th and then Home.  Mr. Poe had made me dinner and we went to bed early.  Great day!

    Bike Mileage:
    Today                                  125.3
    Week to date                       326.6
    Month to date                      288.9
    Year to date                      2,600.3
    Remaining to Goal             7,399.7
    Over (Under) plan                (22.7)