Awesome glad you made the trip work for you. looks like you had an adventure!
On Apr 19, 9:26 pm, Adam <oceanm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Henry Coe Ride Report > > I logged on a few weeks ago and asked the listserv about experiences > of Henry W. Coe Park. Got some great reports that fueled my > excitement. > > It’s the biggest state run park in Northern California, 87,000 acres > of open space. Certain parts are closed to cyclists though it is > recognized as some of the best mountain biking in the greater bay > area. > > Almost everyone I spoke to warned of the almost vertical climbs and > descents. Even riders who I thought were in the same club suggested > full suspension. > > My buddy Todd and I had planned an early morning departure last Monday > but delayed until about 6pm to avoid riding in the rain. We departed > from Berkeley and arrived in Briones about an hour after dark. We > rode a fire road out from the park entrance about a mile and pushed up > an extremely steep and muddy hill. This short ascent proved to be one > of the most challenging moments of the trip. > > Todd spent the night a bit cold, and we were both soaked from the tall > grasses we’d be tromping through. In the morning we were considering > heading back home so he could pick up his thicker sleeping bag when > alas I remembered stories of the VBL. Todd and I rode out to Walnut > Creek to the headquarters. We both picked up some “Vapor Barrier > Liners” and we agreed our dollars could not have been better spent. > We went from wearing our down jackets inside our bags and shivering > through the night to ditching the jackets and feeling more than cozy. > Pretty incredible results for such a packable and inexpensive item. > > Grant and Mark gave us directions from Walnut Creek out to Livermore > where Todd grew up. They seemed a bit doubtful about our ambitious > journey but gave us some uplifting encouragement. > > We made it out for sandwiches and tea with Todd’s parents and then a > good 10 miles into Mines Rd. before sunset. We found a lovely > campsite on an unknowingly generous landowners’ space. It felt > incredibly remote for being just 10 miles out of Livermore. > > The next day we continued along Mines Rd. until a welcomed stop at the > Junction Café. It’s located at the junction of Mines Rd. and Hwy 138 > and is of a different world. Giant Boar heads over the bar with > mangled tusks, not a single guy without a camouflage baseball cap. > Wonderful people, we felt warmly welcomed, humored perhaps. Had too > much to eat and drink for our adventurous spirits and enjoyed some > good games of horseshoe outside the restaurant. > > We departed from Mines Rd. soon after unto some private land for a > mile or so and then into the beauty of Henry Coe. We spent 1 night > and 2 full days in the park. Riding and pushing, pushing and riding. > I’d say our time was about 50/50 between the 2. We crossed a dozen or > so rivers and felt lost in the isolated beauty. > > From the park we rode down through Gilroy and into Downtown San Jose > where we caught bus 181 to Fremont Bart and then homeward bound. > > It was an incredible 4 days. > > Refreshed and enlivened, > Adam > > Pictures and some short > videos:http://www.flickr.com/photos/39219...@n06/sets/72157623893960464/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
