You're Invited to the Farewell PABadger Ride & Bash

[jobob]

It was a fun ride and the lunch was a blast!

PABadger, BikeGoddess, LeeBob and I started out from the Sports Basement at the Presidio, and rode over the Golden Gate Bridge. Ellen & I stopped a lot for photo opps and general sightseeing since it was her first time riding over the bridge. Luckily, the bridge wasn't very crowded so it was a really nice ride over.

Here's PAB (Ellen) checking out the scenery:



We took the back route via Ft. Baker into Sausalito, and we were treated to this stunning view of the bridge:


Going through Sausalito we managed to wend our way around the meandering tourists and avoid the kamikaze parkers, and we met up with maillotpois on the other end of town. She led us up the path towards Mill Valley and took us on a new (for us) route into Tiburon.

We went around the bay side of the Paradise loop, which was a very nice route indeed:
(l to r: jobob, maillotpois, PABadger, & BikeGoddess)



We reached the Marin Brewing Co in Larkspur where Snap, BikerZ and Mel were patiently awaiting our arrival.


We had a very fun lunch, then all of us (sans MP) boarded the ferry for the ride back to SF:
(Back row: Snap, BikerZ, & jobob; front: PABadger - clearly amused by something! - MelissaM, & BikeGoddess)





Lots of laughs were shared this day:




We hung out a bit at the Ferry Building (gelato, yum....), then Lee, Ellen and I negociated the crowds up Embarcadero thru Fisherman's Wharf and across Ft. Mason back to Chrissy Field & the Sports Basement.

A few more photos are here

A fun sendoff for a lovely person.