The Collection Challenge: a clutch of coyotes

I’m liking this challenge!  An otherwise ho-hum ride suddenly comes to life when you happen on some interesting subject in an unusual collection.  Not that our hike in Montaña de Oro State Park was humdrum by any means – far from it, actually – but coming across these three coyotes at its close made it … Continue reading "The Collection Challenge: a clutch of coyotes"

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The Collection Challenge: a rack of boots

We’re seeing some creative, imaginative collections here.  Keep up the good work!  My sole offering today is less dramatic and dynamic than those elephant seals, but still unusual enough to be worth posting: a row of fence posts with cowboy boots capping them, on our ride through Edna Valley.  There were probably 20 or more … Continue reading "The Collection Challenge: a rack of boots"

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The Collection Challenge: a herd of elephant seals

New month!  New challenge!  And for me, a new year.  For my birthday ride we took a ride up the coast to Ragged Point, at the lower end of Big Sur.  Perfect weather, a beautiful ride.  Best of all though was getting to see the elephant seal colony beached at Piedras Blancas.  What a great … Continue reading "The Collection Challenge: a herd of elephant seals"

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CLC 2019 Ride 1: Tomales, Chileno Valley, and Petaluuuuma

Thursday, March 14, 2019 The wife and I traveled to that tourist hotspot in Sonoma County known as Petaluma when we had a few days off. Why there? I have lots of rellies that live in Sonoma County, including lots of them in Petaluma, and we hadn’t seen them in a long time. Plus my … Continue reading "CLC 2019 Ride 1: Tomales, Chileno Valley, and Petaluuuuma"

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Coffeeneuring 2018 Ride 4: The Tao of Bike

Tuesday, October 30, 2018 / 16 miles / By some miracle, four neighboring cities and a town on the San Francisco peninsula agreed on something. It’s called the Peninsula Bikeway, a designated route on surface streets connecting the cities and town. They even agreed on the signage. And even more of a miracle, the route … Continue reading "Coffeeneuring 2018 Ride 4: The Tao of Bike"

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Coffeeneuring 2018 Ride 1: Queen of de Niles

Sunday, October 14, 2018  / 10 miles / Ever see Charlie Chaplin in “The Tramp”? It was filmed in the little town of Niles, California in 1915. Niles was Hollywood before there was Hollywood thanks to Essanay Film Manufacturing Company opening an operation where the weather was more favorable than Chicago. Starting in 1912 lots … Continue reading "Coffeeneuring 2018 Ride 1: Queen of de Niles"

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CLC18 Ride 5: Well-Adjusted on Cal Ave

Monday, April 2, 2018   9 miles Today’s support of the local economy was a visit to my chiropractor, whose office is in a business district of Palo Alto called California Avenue, or, Cal Ave. It’s a pretty easy, flat ride, and there’s lots of bike parking on the avenue. This chiropractor is new to me, … Continue reading "CLC18 Ride 5: Well-Adjusted on Cal Ave"

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