Day 14 - June 25, 2015

Riding California Highway One between Santa Cruz and 

San Francisco - Photo #1

Riding California Highway One between Santa Cruz and 

San Francisco - Photo #2

Riding California Highway One between Santa Cruz and 

San Francisco - Photo #3

Riding California Highway One between Santa Cruz and 

San Francisco - Photo #4

June 25, 2015 - Overnight in the San Francisco - Oakland area.  Cooler temperatures were the norm for the day.

Our intended ride of today was planned to be relatively short (a little of 100 miles) so we were in no hurry getting loaded and away from our motel in Santa Cruz.  After departing we were quickly on California Highway One, and we followed it along the coast until we neared San Francisco.

The weather when we got up this morning in Santa Cruz was 49 degrees.  As we departed the temperature was 61 degrees and the ride up the coast, with the wind blowing in from the Pacific, lowered the temperature to 57 degrees in some places, and 58 or 59 in others.  In the Oakland area the temperature upon our arrival was 69 degrees.

The traffic in Santa Cruz was typical morning rush hour, as with most cities of this size, but once outside of the city the traffic thinned and for the most part it was light.  There was some construction (tis the season) on-going along the highway, but we experienced only one "stop and wait" for the one lane traffic pattern. Tonight we are in the Oakland area.  Earlier today we did a ride-through tour of the University of California Berkeley campus.  I have long been fascinated with the layout of the campus and its integration into the neighborhood where it sets.

As we traveled to our current location earlier today the opposing traffic into San Francisco from the Oakland side, across the Bay Bridge, was extremely heavy across the bridge and beyond.  That is our intended route out of here tomorrow.  Hopefully the almost stalled traffic was temporary for today. The traffic in and around San Francisco - Oakland is usually quiet heavy, with some slow travel from time to time, so that is expected as part of the routine.  Traffic that is not moving is not the norm, even during road construction season.

Another good day.