maandag 24 april 2017

Update on cycling

Yesterday, when other people were exploring the city by foot, I went cycling with a small group of people. It sounded like a great idea to explore the city in a fast and easy way by bike and at the start, this also turned out to be true.


We had some great views of the waterfall in Golden Gate Park and also walked a bit on the ocean shore. From there we tried to get to the Golden Gate Bridge and bike to Muir Woods and we could choose between a longer road that was advised by the rental shop, or we could bike close to the coast, which was the shorter way (on the map at least) but also only for advanced bikers. Luckily we are Dutch and we know how to ride a bike, so of course we chose the advanced road.
Soon this turned out to be a real struggle due to the steep hills, but the views we got at the end were definitely worth it.

From there on we 'only' had to cross the Golden Gate Bridge and get to Muir Woods, but this was still a ride of 2 hours. We drove through a beautiful coast city and from there on we went uphill again. "Luckily" the sun was shining, which made the views more beautiful, but as we didn't expect it, most of us are burned really badly.
On the way back we got a ferry to the city center, as most of us were to tired to get over the hills again and it was a good choice. We came close to Alcatraz and had a nice view on the sunset.

Afterwards we were all so tired that we got a burger at Carl's Jr and went straight to bed. This morning, the red faces of those who were tough enough to conquer the mountains of San Francisco showed.

Finally, a plot of the profile we biked from the Golden Gate Bridge.
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