Starting out from Menlo Park, heading up Kings Mountain Road: Some solid groves of redwoods (click on any picture to see a larger version, and click on that version to see the largest version).
Morning light, sometime before 10am:
The Tour of California bike race will go through this intersection up on the mountain (at the Google Maps links on this post, you can always get a "Street View" option: Drag the little person to see a 3D panorama of the entire route!):
Snow at the summit of Kings Mountain! Descending from Kings, with all that rushing, frigid air, it was time to stop and put the hat back on.
Woodside Road and Skyline, site of the locally well-known Alice's Restaurant:
I love the name of the nearest small town, Skylonda.
The turn-around point on this ride, La Honda and Old La Honda:
The turn-around point on this ride, La Honda and Old La Honda:
The dastardly Scotch Broom starting to bloom, amidst Black Oak and Buckeye on Old La Honda:
Old La Honda affords some nice views as you twist up the mountain on the windy road:
Old La Honda affords some nice views as you twist up the mountain on the windy road:
The town of Woodside is home to a rustic flavor of venture capitalist:
This vineyard, located in Atherton, CA, has got to be one of the most expensive, per square foot, in the world!
I've heard Flea Street Cafe is good, but never been there:
Menlo Park! After the swim workout and this about-four-hour ride, time to pack it in.
[das ist gut]
Posted by: mrs bird | February 16, 2009 at 03:06 PM