Hey folks- the locals here spell it BENICIA.

Sorry we missed you. I was busy doing Pig Farm, Pinole, back to the Carquinez Bridge, then down through Crockett and UP Crockett Blvd. (That's a nice climb if you don't feel like doing Cummings Skway (we'd already done it earlier). Then we rode down Fkln Canyon paceline style (which meant I got to rest. Coming home across the Benicia Bridge we hit crosswinds- not much fun as that's a 2 mile passage.

Some of the riders went back on the Carquinez Scenic road so you might have seen them.

I've ridden to Davis from Benicia- it's about 63 miles to the UC Davis campus from my house. The club has done the ride to Davis and taken the train back to Martinez. I hear the train ride is quite fun. We'll do again probably this fall.

If any of you come this way, do let me know as I live at the end of 1st street overlooking the river. (We don't get that nasty smell down here, thank goodness). I'd be happy to see you!

Looks like the Benicia ride on Aug 29th is going to be a bridge to bridge ride with maybe some other stuff added depending on who shows up. So there's another opportunity for you.