Mile 4710

We leave Pacifica a little later as usual as we just want to go to Lincoln Park to the Western terminus of the Lincoln Hwy, just opposite the Legion of Honor Memorial. Traffic into San Francisco isn’t too bad, but we have to search in the park for the Lincoln Hwy marker.  Can you believe it, they set a bus stop booth right in front of it, so it is hidden from direct view.  Too little credit for such a historic point, what a shame.  We also pay a visit to the Legion of Honor Memorial, and the Hollocaust Memorial, before we follow the bay to the Fisherman’s Wharf for some strolling around and some unbelievable big lobster rolls.
Well after midday we cross the Golden Gate Bridge, with the roadway clear and the pylons in the mist to enter Sausalito and find California Hwy 1 at Tamalpais Valley Junction. We follow the Hwy up to and then through Muir Woods State Park and the Tamalpais State Park back to Stinson Beach over a lot of switchbacks and a very curvy road.  My thoughts, who needs the “Tail of the Dragon”, come to Northern California and ride Hwy 1 or its bypasses, much more curves, less traffic.  We continue on Hwy 1 and follow the Bolinas Lagoon, through the Five Brooks Forrest and along the Tomales Bay to Bodega Bay and Jenner.  It is one of the most scenic roads we’ve ever traveled, just a pity that the weather is not more cooperative as temperatures have dropped to the mid 50’s, and the sun is also hiding again behind the coastal mist which is rolling in.

So we call it the day in Jenner, CA and enjoy a very good dinner at the River's End to celebrate Elke's birthday.  Not a lot of miles today, but challenging riding on Hwy 1.

We reached the Western Terminus of the Lincoln Highway 

A must when in San Francisco, Fishermans Wharf, and the best Lobster in town at Guardino's

Mist in the bay, crossing the Golden Gate Bridge

Point Reyes Nat'l Shoreline coming down from Mt. Tamalpais S.P.

Russian River at Jenner, CA

"That men may not forget, the living legion, in convention, speaking in comradeship with the dead, again voice their love for those who gave their lives that we might be free." - Plague at the Legion of Honor Memorial