Pre-registration for Nonmembers
Pre-registration for this event is optional, but strongly encouraged.
Leader: Pat Greene (415) 481-5469 text
Leader: Chris Witt
Meet at 10:00 am for a 10:15 am start
GPC Route: Occidental Loop
Start Location: Valley Ford, School Rd.
Pre-registration
PLEASE PREREGISTER
Park uphill from the School, which is no longer 'abandoned'.
This Wednesday we will ride from Valley Ford through Occidental to Duncan Mills (actually according to the self-professed official website at https://duncansmillsvillage.com/ it's Duncans Mills but the website is a little dodgy on CAPITALIZATION so how do we know for sure) for lunch with a return along the beautiful Sonoma Coast. This is the classic June Birthday ride, but it is too good a route for only once a year. Since we are past Labor Day we hope for easier traffic on Hwy 1. The shortest route is about 40 miles ~2300 ft of climbing (includes riding to lunch on Moscow Road). Riding Austin Creek on the way to lunch adds ~7 miles and ~250 ft climbing. After lunch, there is a popular out and back on Hwy 1 past Jenner to overlook the mouth of the Russian River where we see lounging marine mammals and birds (adds ~4 miles and ~200 ft climbing). Some of us really like to return over Bay Hill; this adds ~200 ft of climbing, some of it steep, and trades ~4 miles on a beautiful quiet back road for ~5 miles on Hwy 1 through Bodega.
These two ridwithgps routes illustrate all the options:
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/48199495 includes Moscow Road plus Jenner: 44 mi with ~2500 ft climbing. (Skip Jenner for a 40 mile ride with ~2300 ft climbing)
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/29637914 includes Austin Creek Redwoods and Bay Hill ~47 mi with ~3,000 ft climbing (add Jenner to extend).
Lunch: Since it is my birthday ride (The real day is 9/5, but my family celebrated my birthday on 9/2 for about a decade—a little deception to get me into kindergarten when I was 5—so 9/3 is a good compromise), I plan to celebrate by supplementing your lunches with a couple of large pizzas to share and an assortment of sweets.
Weather forecast according to NOAA: Valley Ford Hi of 73 (10°F cooler in the morning); Monte Rio Hi of 80, but probably mid-70s when we go through; BE PREPARED FOR fog and lower temps along the coast. Many of you were cold on the coastal leg in June.
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