3 Mountains

[Veronica]

We did the Bridge to Bridge ride today. We waited until it had warmed up some in Martinez and the fog had cleared and did some yard work while it was still pleasant here at home.

We went across the Benicia Bridge first, rode through Benicia and Vallejo then across the the Zampa Bridge. The ride along the Carquinez Strait was a lot of fun - especially the closed to traffic part. It's hard to believe that was ever a road that had vehicle traffic on it.

We were down by the water in Benicia and you could really smell the saltiness of it. It's amazing to think how much the ocean pushes up the river. You'd think riding along the waterfront would be relatively flat, but it's not, 23.5 miles with 2,000 feet of climbing. We did have one nasty little hill that I used some very bad language about. It's rollers through Vallejo, with stop signs at the bottom of every freakin' hill. I got tired of having to blow off all that lovely momentum.

Tomorrow we're planning on Diablo.

Veronica