Landed in San Francisco and proceeded to the 21st Amendment Brewing Company. Took pictures of the beer but not my friend Nancy. Oops.
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Day 1, Occidental loop to the coast. No redwood pictures because we were going too fast, no coast pictures because it was fogged in.
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Headed up from the coast to Joy Hill. Presumably the joy is from hallucinating in 95 degrees on 16% grades.
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More beer. Stopped at Russian River Brewing Company on the way home. Pliny the Elder is their popular beer but the Belgian sours were the best I’ve had.
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Grapes and flat roads through Alexander Valley day two
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Big tree in Alexander Valley
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Incluso los botes de basura son escénica
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Alexander Valley - Stone Street Winery
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Bridge over the Russian River to Westside before they turned us around
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Detour back up Eastside...
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Oh yeah… Eastside bridge was closed… all roads from the south closed to bicyclists
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Rusty grates on an abandoned bridge in cleats 100 feet over the river…
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Day 3 up Sweetwater Springs to Guerneville
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Starting to get steep…
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Vineyards everywhere
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Loose gravel and 15% grades on the descent… exciting
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Hills into the redwoods
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Down
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Big tree heading up
to King Ridge Day 4
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