Quality Inn Petaluma
5100 Montero Way Petaluma, California, 94954, United States
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Launching Matt's Birthday Bike Tour
... what I mean. And so began our first semi-loaded bike tour.
After work on Friday afternoon, we hung our panniers off our brand new racks and hopped on our brand new bicycles with a mere 48 miles to cover before camp. Within the first mile of leaving home, we were seemingly flying down the extensive hill into Sausalito's downtown. Having only ever ridden clunky mountain bikes, we felt so precarious and vulnerable on our skinny ...
Road Trippin' USA
... wine country, and that's exactly what we did. Unfortunately by the time we'd gotten our act together we didn't get very far- Petaluma to be exact. When we first got to Petaluma it seemed like a lovely town, but all the hotels that we could actually afford to stay in were in the rubbish 'you need a car to get anywhere' part of town, boo! We ended up staying in a Motel 6 and not doing anything, classy.
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John's Amazing Race begins!
As the first to arrive in Petaluma, Californiat at 1:30am, I am the first to depart at 1:30pm. There will be a slight delay. I noticed that my ATM card is breaking along the mag stripe. Quick detour to the Novato branch of my credit union to get my credit card coded to work as my ATM card. I don't want to get stuck in Kansas with a useless ATM ...
Into California
... of vineyards, grey green olive trees and dark blue grey violet sky. Sort of like a cool Cezanne in the south of France. Wonderful. Next up - Stonefields Vineyards -cosily built into the hillside with equally cozy tasting room with some great wines. At this point rain stops play but we toddle off quite happy with our spoils and spend the evening drinking them. Last bright morning we squeeze in a quick windy 4 km ...
It's not my fault, blame Sam Andreas
... 12% was the steepest we had seen on the entire trip!). It was white-knuckle all the way. We got to the coast, and the scenery was, again, gorgeous, but the road followed the coast up, down, and lots of twists and turns. It was a full-time job keeping the car on the road, and very difficult to sightsee at the same time. After abuot 2 hours we stopped for lunch and headed back to US 101 (back over the mountains, same kind of ...



