Day 15 - Friday 9/25/2015 Jenner to Junction Hwy 1 & US Hwy 101

This morning we got to sleep in till 6:00am.  Pack the cars and have a quick continental breakfast at the Ocean Cove Lodge.  In the car and head back to Jenner - um, otherwise known as the white knuckle drive.  Tom drove and I helped/guided him through each turn.  Well, at least I thought I was helping - not sure he saw it that way.  Stopped in Jenner for a sit down breakfast, then the riders were off.  

Today's drive for me was a bit different - but we still didn't have lodging for the night - but rather than head straight away, we agreed to that we stick together for some miles, then I would head towards the junction of 1 and 101 - and go searching.

Thanks to Tracy for getting a headache, he and Kathi were able to find a hotel off the 101 North - in Corte Madera - about 3.5 miles north on 101.

Notes from Tom:

So if I complained about yesterday’s climb at the end of the day, I should apologize for whinning.  Today was much worse.  We had a pretty nice ride from Jenner, through Bodega Bay, Valley Ford, Marshall, Point Reyes, and Stinson Beach.  A few steep little hills but no major climbs—until after Stinson Beach.  What a climb.  Similar to yesterday’s climb, on the side of the hill, 600 feet above the ocean, but much steeper.  That’ll teach me to complain about one day’s ride.

Stats were not impressive, but here they are.  70.8 miles, 5 hours and 8 minutes, 4800 feet of climbing, and an average speed of 13.8.  The average speed is higher than I figured it would be.   I went 5-6 mph for a long time on the last climb.

Notes from Tracy:

I may not be as dumb as I look.  I had a headache leaving Jenner which only intensified as the morning went on.   It was one of those that felt like you had eaten your ice cream too fast.  It was so bad that I didn’t even notice the flocks of sheep outside of Valley Ford.   Kathi tried some first aide in Valley Ford (aspirin and rubbing my head and shoulders) and that helped some.  I took off in the direction of Bodega Bay and in search of The Birds.  That lasted about 4 miles.  “Kathi come and get me.”  I threw in the towel.    Some lunch at Pt. Reyes Station helped a little bit but not enough.  On to Mill Valley.  Oh my Lord!  The worst hill climbs of the trip.  No sane person would attempt to  navigate this passage on a bicycle.  There was absolutely no way I would have made it and I had doubts about Tom and Jerry.  But they did.  We all know that there is only one Superman and they are both too old to be Superboy.  Maybe one of them is Superwoman.  (Guess which one?)  Anyway, they are both my heroes.

Here comes Tracy

 Jerry’s notes:

 Just like Tom said all was well until Stinson Beach.  Despite the fact that I used to go to this beach all the time when I was stationed in Alameda in the Navy, that was 45 or more years ago and I honestly could not remember the horrible route it took to get from the beach up, up and up and then down to Mill Valley.  I have not had to stand up in the peddles in low gear yet, until this hill.  Ugh. It went from 11% grade to 15% for a short while, but it was long and never went under 9%!