Archive for April 5th, 2009

Golden Gate Park Museums

Sonntag, April 5th, 2009

To get to the cycling we had to drive over the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge.

Golden Gate Bridge

Driving back we could see downtown San Francisco from the other side of the bay.

Downtown SF

We went to the Golden Gate Park museums. We first went to the California Academy of Sciences.

Science Museum

It is great that on weekends they close the traffic off so all the roads in the park can be used by cyclists, inline scaters, scate boarders and pedestrians.

Roads open to Cyclists not Cars

From the observatory deck of the Art Museum we could see Mount Hem and the Point Reyes penninsula where we had been cycling in the morning.

Mount Hem and Point Reyes Penninsula

I especially liked the installations of a local artist called Ruth Asawa. It was great with the shadows.

Ruth Asawa 1

Ruth Asawa 2

Ruth Asawa 3

In the evening there was a dinner pary with barbeque at Faye’s house. Many important cycling people came and we had a great time.

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Cycling from Fairfax to Point Reyes and Back

Sonntag, April 5th, 2009

My friend Gary had suggested to go cycling together. That was a great idea. What I did not really expect was that his 50 mile race yesterday was not a cycling race but actually a running race. That is a double marathon. But not more. That is why he suggested to do some cycling the next day. He is a real endurance person.

Cycling from Fairfax

His friend Tim from the Marin cycling club had loaned me a nice Trek road bike with shoes and helmet and all.

Trek Road Bike

The 3 of us started in Fairfax and cycled on nice backstreet countryside roads along the reservoir to Point Reyes.

Point Reyes Penninsula

We went to a small coffee shop in Point Reyes that was swamped full of road cyclists. It seemed like there were more cyclists there than the total amount of road cyclists in all of Beijing. Amazing.

The Sunday Cyclers

Also on the road we met multiple cyclists. It was a very different feeling than cycling around Beijing where you hardly ever meet any other road cyclist.

Cycling along the Reservoir

It was a great ride with some small climbs and descents in a beautiful landscape. We only did about 35 miles because of me (as they were not sure if I can do more), not because of Gary. I uploaded a few snapshot pictures while riding to a picasa webalbum.

Gary Windbreaking for us

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