Mount Tamalpias
It is a sunny day today, one of the first since a handful of storms have pounded the Bay Area since Christmas. Even though I have some minor fixes to do to my bike, grocery shopping and have to get fitted for a tux, I blew it off and headed out to Marin County and a loop I have driven, but never ridden. I threw together my video equipment, dressed for a crisp weather and headed out.
Through Berkeley and Richmond the sun was shining and a breeze was blowing off the bay. As soon as I descended from the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge the temperature dropped by ten degrees and I rode into the fog. It didn’t clear until I got to the base of Mount Tam, where I found my first problem. I had planned to ride Highway 1 along the cliffs to just before Stinson where I turn up Mount Tamalpias and ride the twisties of Panoramic Highway to the summit and then back to Highway 101 and back to the East Bay. But the portion of Hwy 1 I wanted to ride was closed, I am assuming from storm damage. My loop now became a round trip. Even at 11am there was a considerable amount of traffic until I pulled off of Panoramic Hwy and rode to the summit. I guess everyone in the Bay Area wanted to take advantage of the good weather.
I took video of it, and even though the batteries ran out halfway down the mountain, I got some good footage. Take a look . . .
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Even though I seem to be watching this a year after the fact, the video is great and the road looks like a lot of fun to drive. Even though we see mostly the road, it appears that the views look to be spectacular towards the top.
Comment by Biker Betty — 10/30/2006 @ 8:39 am
It is a beautiful view. You look down on San Francisco, Treasure and Angel Island, Marin, Richmond, Berkeley, Oakland and turn around and you see the Pacific Ocean expanse.
Comment by James — 10/30/2006 @ 8:58 am
Wow, it sounds great. Especially the view of the Pacific Ocean. I grew up in California and remember very well the gorgeous views of the Pacific Ocean up north.
Comment by Biker Betty — 10/30/2006 @ 9:16 pm