Monthly Archives: May 2014

Today was our last full day in Frisco so we focussed on the key things. We cycled to a secondhand bookstore (I bought David Byrnes’s Bicycle Diaries), the victorian flower conservatory (jam packed with orchids), choral evensong (Grace Cathedral) and … Continue reading →

We started today by getting cardboard boxes for our bikes. It seems that the cheapest way of getting the bikes boxed up for the return journey is to buy a $10 bike box off a local cycle shop then get … Continue reading →

We found it difficult to get going from the comfy Point Reyes hostel. Afloat on a tide of tea and catching up with our reading, it seemed that today’s 50 miles or so were just a footnote. But we we … Continue reading →

Breakfast was fun – an anglican nun (american by birth) chatted to us and, of course, we discovered mutual friends. Theological discussions followed (women bishops, community life, etc). Anyhow, we set out for Point Reyes by going to the Mount … Continue reading →

We are getting a touch of bibliomania, and trying to finish the book quota I’ve set for the transam. I’m nearly through Auerbach’s Mimesis (my serious book) but nothing like as much through my middleweight (Botany of Desire, which isn’t … Continue reading →

We ate two breakfasts (one provided by the hostel and fairly average, then a heap of porridge with honey). We packed our panniers and headed for the Frisco to Larkspur Ferry, catching the 10.10am ferry to Larkspur. Larkspur is right … Continue reading →

A pleasant ride took us from Fairfield through pretty countryside to Cordelia and then from Cordelia to Vallejo. The second chunk included meeting a protest about the use of drones in the ‘war against terror’. It certainly seems an indiscriminate … Continue reading →

Placerville does have a decent historic core – which we saw when we cycled out of town after managing to leave the motel at about 10.20am. As we rode our bikes towards Folsom the countryside got flatter and the vineyards … Continue reading →