Bike Excursion

Taking advantage of the Monday holiday, we rode our bikes to Golden Gate Park this afternoon, which is a beautiful (and very large) park in the city, containing various museums and special gardens. See a map here.

Step #1 - Find a bike route that doesn't involve riding up/down really steep hills. Not a simple task. We actually ended up buying a bike map that has every block of every street color-coded based on the incline!

Step #2 - Buy new bike locks that are more sturdy that our Boise ones.

Step #3 - Enjoy the beautiful sunny day, with a leisurely ride through the park which was crowded with walkers, joggers, bikers, and people will roller skates and hula hoops.



We kept riding through the park until we reached the west edge of the San Francisco peninsula, and crossed the Great Highway to reach a wide boardwalk and a long sandy beach. We think that's the Pacific Ocean in the distance, but it declined to show itself so we're currently in negotiations with the fog to obtain future viewing privileges. We'll keep you posted. All I have to say right now is that the San Francisco coast is FREEZING!



After taking this picture we met up with my Aunt Molly to explore the botanical gardens in the fog. Hopefully we will get to see the Conservatory of Flowers next time too. Who knew it would be closed on Mondays???

Total round trip: 15 miles