The Bakery Loop

Big group ride today for the 60mi Bovine Bakery loop from Mill Valley. My friend Matt has launched a new fitness counseling venture, Purple Patch, and is organizing Saturday rides around Marin and elsewhere in Northern California. Today's ride was more of a "word of mouth" deal rather than an official PP ride, but quite a few folks still showed up at the Book Depot this morning. We rode at a nice "social pace" through the hamlets, then the tempo picked up a bit over Whites Hill and into Nicasio. We regrouped there and then pedaled around the reservoir for a mandatory coffee stop in Pt. Reyes Station. The group splitered a bit on the climb over Olema Hill and through Samuel P. Taylor park, and a lead group hammered back up to Whites Hill into a very unfriendly headwind.

Funny note: On the way back through Kentfield, some crazy hippie-looking mountain biker guy heading the other direction veered wildly towards our pack. Matt was all ready to scream at the guy and then realized it was just a certain local Marin denizen who invented the mountain bike saying hello in his own way.

Big group at the Depot

Rolling through San Anselmo

Regroup at Rancho Nicasio

Happy after Pain d'Amande at the Bovine

Heading out of Pt. Reyes Station

Climbing Olema hill