Introduction

Happy 60th birthday, Dave! Welcome to installment #5 of Dave’s Bicycle Adventures. This is the fifth time in ten years that Dave and I have gotten together for a Dave-planned adventure. This is the fourth adventure for Dave’s friend Dick as well as Terry,...

Setup day

I had to assemble my bicycle on Friday morning. Terry and Robin’s bicycle we already assembled (of course) and Dave drove his two bikes out from Colorado. No surprises – yeah! But, of course, I did see a nice greeting card from the TSA. What else…We...

Day 1 – Santa Rosa to Ukiah

We awaken to cool temperatures and overcast skies. Hmmm, this seems a bit like France….. We’re our usual bumbling selves as we have breakfast and then pack the van for the day. As expected, we get going late. We finally get the whole morning-pack process...

Day 2 – Ukiah to Mendocino

We woke up to sunny skies and better spirits. The day is a short one – 45 miles, but over the Coastal Range to Mendocino. Robin sags for the morning.I forgot to get a photo of the group at the start of the day. Here’re the group rolling out of Ukiah. The...

Day 3 – Mendocino to Gualala

The weather on Monday morning was rather nice. It was chilly, overcast, but no fog. We were all a bit concerned with the fog bank we could see off the coast last night but it didn’t roll in. We had a smallish breakfast in our little B&B and rolled out. Terry...

Day 4 – Gualala to Healdsburg

Today was National Inspect Your Bike Day. We woke up to beautiful weather. Sunny, breezy and a bit cool. We had another simple breakfast in the hotel and load up for the day. Dick sagged in the morning. Dave was pumping up his rear tire broke the valve stem. As he was...