Our adventure continued down the coast and we hit the massive city of San Fran. It was really overwhelming merging onto the freeway with cars ripping past us seemly twice as fast as kumu could go. Before we truly went into the city we took up the tourista route and biked across the Golden Gate Bridge! It was packed with tourists, but for good reason! Amazing views of the bay on an incredible fall day.
Cool shadows falling across the bridge
Our trusty steeds. Perfect for cruisin' anywhere and everywhere
We went over to Haight street to take in the history on hippydom. It was a bit overwhelming as all the steroetypes of hippys were thrust in your face, but there was some incredible artwork muraled over many of the streets in San Fran.
More sweet artwork!
After San Fran we headed to Palo Alto to see my old ski friend Jessica McNally. She toured us around the Stanford Campus which she graduated from in June as well as thier cool research grounds, Jaspar Ridge.
Huge pommellos growing in Jess's yard! Along with figs, oranges and limes.
Stanford Campus
Cool cactus in the cactus garden at Stanford. I think I got smarter by osmosis
After Palo Alto we started to head to Truckee to meet up with my old teammate Anna Goodman and her boyfriend Marco Sullivan and on the way we made a small detour to Napa Valley to try some wine and check out the vineyards! It was a very beautiful valley and every winery called our name, but we only stopped at the Turnbull winery for some tasting and this winery that had a massive castle!
Our last stop was the cool Petrified Tree Forest. These massive redwoods were covered in ash after the eruption of Mt St Helena (different than st helens) and were preserved until they were found in the early 1900's. These trees are believed to be three MILLION years old. Hard to wrap your head around, but cool to try!
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