California Bay Area By Bike
April 2-11, 2004 - 8 nights
Our
tour visits three regions of the Bay Area: Palo Alto, San Francisco,
and Walnut Creek. We will stay at comfortable hotels, and use public
transportation to travel between the cities. Six full days of road biking
will give us a mix of rural and urban cycling with mileages from 30-60
miles. The terrain is hilly to mountainous and many roads have steep
grades. This tour is appropriate for people in good to excellent cycling
condition who are comfortable riding in traffic.
From Palo Alto we will ride three different routes into the Santa Cruz
Mountains. While staying in San Francisco, we’ll cross the Golden Gate
Bridge and cycle to the Golden Gate Recreational Area; a second day
will find us biking in lower Marin County and taking a ferry to Angel
Island for a 14-mile circuit. We will circle Mount Diablo from our third
base of Walnut Creek and have the option to test our legs with a climb
to the top.
The tour includes all hotels, six breakfasts, transportation between
cities, transfer from Walnut Creek hotel to San Francisco Airport, maps,
and a celebration dinner at the trip’s conclusion. All other meals,
alcoholic beverages, air transportation to and from California, initial
transfer from San Francisco Airport to Palo Alto, and miscellaneous
charges will not be included in the above trip price.
Our
tour visits three regions of the Bay Area: Palo Alto, San Francisco,
and Walnut Creek. We will stay at comfortable hotels, and use public
transportation to travel between the cities. Six full days of road biking
will give us a mix of rural and urban cycling with mileages from 30-60
miles. The terrain is hilly to mountainous and many roads have steep
grades. This tour is appropriate for people in good to excellent cycling
condition who are comfortable riding in traffic.