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Saturday, March 29: Mary’s Annual Birthday ride with the Delta Peddlers

Start at 9:00am in Livermore for an awesome Mines Road adventure. (Note: This is a rescheduling of the March 15th event)Ride Page

Food, beverages and restroom available at the Junction (29.5 miles).

Directions to starting point (be there by 8:45am):
Meet at Livermore Library (part of Library/Court House/Civic Center complex)…
East bay & West Bay riders take 580E towards Stockton and in Livermore, take the Livermore Ave exit.
Turn Right (South) at 1st light (Livermore Ave South).
About 2 miles, on Left side of street is the Library (Just after Pacific Ave).
Park on the S Livermore Ave. Restroom in the library (if it is open) or stop at gas station after 580 exit. Or Emil Villas in shopping center.  Plus, public bathrooms available 1 mile south at sports field complex.
MapQuest: Intersection S Livermore Ave & Pacific Ave, Livermore

The Solvang Half and Full Century.
Details @ BikeScor

Saturday, February 9 starting at 10:00am in Castro Valley- The Zoo Loop (AKA: short version of the 2nd half of the Grizzly Peak Century).

26.6 miles with 2,300 feet of climbing.
Starting/ending point is behind car wash on Redwood Road in Castro Valley.

Directions to starting point:
1. Use MapQuest to go to Peet’s Coffee at 20453 Redwood Road, Castro Valley. Car wash is in back of peet’s.
2. Via 580 East- In Castro Valley, take Redwood Road exit. Left at Redwood Road. After Castro Valley Blvd, 2nd left to car wash area.
3. via 680- take 580 West. Take Castro Valley exit. Left on Castro Valley Blvd. Right on Redwwod Road. 2nd Left to car wash area.

9:00am Crissy Field (SF)- GG Bridge & Marin routes:

• Route A: 43 miles with 1,700 feet of climbing. Paradise Drive loop (add 6 miles and 800 feet of climbing if doing Marin Headlands).
• Route B: 22 miles with 1,000 feet of climbing, vanilla ride to end of bike path at Richardson Bay (add 6 miles if doing Marin Headlands).
• Route C: 36 miles with 1,300 feet of climbing- Tiburon.

Note: Routes A & C have lunch at the Shark Deli in Tiburon.

Ride Details: Crissy Field (SF) & various Marin Loops

Directions to the starting point:

Via Mapquest:
Sports Basement, 610 Mason Street, SF. Go to beach access parking near the bathroom building with wind sock.

From Oakland/East Bay-
a. 80 West over the SF / Oakland Bay Bridge.
b. In SF, take the 9th Street/Civic Center exit.
c. Going down the off ramp, tend to the RIGHT, go STRAIGHT onto Harrison.
d. Go one block and turn RIGHT onto 9th Street. Work your way to the left lane.
e. After crossing Market Street, turn LEFT onto Hayes Street.
f. One block after Van Ness Avenue, turn RIGHT onto Franklin Street.
g. Straight on Franklin Street until it ends… turn LEFT onto Bay Street.
h. Go three blocks, turn RIGHT onto Laguna Street.
i. Follow Laguna and it becomes Marina Blvd. as you tend LEFT at the famous Marina Safeway.
j. Continue on Marina Blvd., getting into the right lane. After the Yacht Harbor, DO NOT enter the freeway on-ramp to the GG Bridge, but…
k. Tend to the right and enter the Crissy Field/GGNRA.
l. After entering Crissy Field, take the first RIGHT and it will take you to the paved parking for the beach.
m. Unload your bike and continue with this adventure. Bathrooms and water at windsock.

From below SF-
1. 101 North.
2. Take the 7th Street exit and turn LEFT onto 7th
Street.
3. After going under the Freeway, turn LEFT onto Harrison Street.
4. Go two blocks and turn RIGHT onto 9th Street. Work your way to the left lane.
5. Follow the directions above beginning at “e”.

10:00am Meet at the Orinda BART station for San Pablo Dam Loop (cw, includes 3 bears).
23 miles with 1,400 feet of climbing.

Starting point directions (besides taking BART):

Mapquest with the following destination:
Intersection: camino pablo & santa maria
City: orinda, State: ca
(Bart station is just south of Santa Maria)

Nav System / GPS:
Orinda Station
11 Camino Pablo Orinda, 94563

zzz ya there, Jer