Watch out for cows

[maillotpois]

This was taken on Saturday, on the road out to the Pt Reyes lighthouse control of the SF Randonneurs 200K brevet:



There are several working dairy ranches along that road.


(this is a different location than that in the SF Gate story)

I encountered that line of cows in the same location during a 300k from Healdsburg 2 years ago. (Jo we'll be riding this road for Death Ride training as well, so you'll have another chance to make friends with the cows.)

Don't mention cows to Veronica. We encountered a scary free range bull on Coleman Valley Rd., and she already has a cow phobia. Bovophobia?

[Tuckervill]

A giant pig ran across the road in front of me when I was doing some downhill mountain biking in Jamaica! It was squealing the whole way! It was hilarious!

Karen

[malkin]

I've seen cattle on roads a couple times. Once they were driven by a guy on a horse who whistled directions to them, and we could see them slow down and speed up in response to his whistles. That was amazing and cool.

Another time a sizable herd was driven by some yahoo cowboys in a pickup truck. The cattle were moving erratically and the knuckleheads were driving all over the road, I guess in an attempt to control the animals, but everything seemed out of control. We pulled as far off the road as we could get and held very still. Pretty scary.

[jobob]

I encountered that line of cows in the same location during a 300k from Healdsburg 2 years ago. (Jo we'll be riding this road for Death Ride training as well, so you'll have another chance to make friends with the cows.)

Oooh can't wait!

(Note to self: take the bike with the fenders)

[maillotpois]

Yeah - and don't get Mike started on the nasty infection he got from Chileno Valley Rd. poo....