Very thorough! Love it! Is that East Bay Site #1? Brendan in SF
On Monday, May 12, 2025 at 7:13:58 PM UTC-7 Bill Lindsay wrote: > Proper trip. Well done. I'm sad that the World's Greatest Climbing Tree > is choked in poison oak, but it's a great trip anyway. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > On Monday, May 5, 2025 at 6:33:01 PM UTC-7 Keith P. wrote: > >> *Part 3* >> >> [image: IMG_7435.jpg] >> >> >> Once on the island, it is a steep little climb out of the harbor to the >> perimeter road. I may have underestimated and under-billed the amount of >> climbing from the cove to our campsite. We’re only talking a few hundred >> feet of elevation gain, but I deserved what few complaints were given. >> >> I feel I atoned plenty however, as I ended up wearing several other >> people’s backpacks. >> >> >> [image: IMG_7480.jpg] >> >> >> This is Campsite #1, as recommended by Bill Lindsay on another thread. >> >> Bill, I think we found your climbing tree (just to the left of this >> photo?). It was completely choked with poison oak this year. An itchy >> temptation to have so close. >> >> [image: IMG_7445.jpg] >> >> The view is outstanding however. Especially at night, as all the lights >> of the east bay sparkle across the water at you. >> >> >> [image: IMG_7461.jpg] >> >> This feels like a very RBW photo to me for a number of reasons. >> >> Finally got to test my Trangia out in the wild. >> Stephen’s Mint Truffle Hot Chocolate is the only hot chocolate. >> If you feel strongly otherwise… I will gladly try your other hot >> chocolate suggestions. >> >> >> [image: IMG_7499.jpg] >> The mist rolled in thick in the night, and turned into an unexpected >> light rain toward morning. >> >> Three of us were in a tent, and two outside. >> >> Luckily, we bunked under a Quercus Agrifolia. >> Its umbrella kept us from getting too wet, and listening to the falling >> drops while half asleep was quite lovely. >> >> On Monday, May 5, 2025 at 6:29:05 PM UTC-7 Keith P. wrote: >> >>> *Part 2* >>> >>> [image: IMG_7350.jpg] >>> >>> >>> People don’t talk about the trick it can be to transport bikes with >>> wider bars of unique shapes. You need to have your Allen wrench ready to >>> move seats and grips out of each other's way. >>> >>> I was glad we decided to bypass the van on this leg, in favor of taking >>> Caltrain to San Francisco and then the Ferry to the island. >>> >>> A real “transportation trip.” >>> >>> [image: Family Blacked out small.jpg] >>> >>> We assembled at a relaxed 8:30am - backpacks ready to head up to the >>> city. >>> >>> >>> [image: IMG_7394.jpg] >>> >>> >>> We rode a leisurely two miles to the station, getting there early enough >>> to catch an express I hadn’t scheduled for. This most likely made for a >>> more crowded bike car than it otherwise would have been, but I love seeing >>> how many people commute with their bikes every day. >>> >>> [image: Stadium Black out small.jpg] >>> >>> >>> 3 more miles from the Caltrains station to the Ferry building. Nice >>> designated bike paths most of the way, and an always welcome opportunity to >>> roll on the holy grounds of Pac Bell Park. >>> >>> [image: IMG_7421.jpg] >>> >>> The Ferry is half the fun. >>> It's got to be the cheapest "Bay Tour" ticket around. You see all of San >>> Francisco, Alcatraz, the Golden Gate, and Sausalito from the water. >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/60fee8d1-37ea-4b23-930e-3c5aecf40336n%40googlegroups.com.
