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Dan's Redwood Coast Tour

These are pictures from a bicycle tour from Crescent City, CA to San Francisco, CA from 5-12 September, 2004.

Map from Cycle America Web page (not our exact tour).

Redwoods Country

California
Day Date

2004 Route

Miles

 Climb ft
         
Sun 9/5 Check-In & Tour Briefing ---  
Mon 9/6 Crescent City, CA - Eureka 82 4000
Tue 9/7 Eureka - Garberville 85 3200
Wed 9/8 Garberville – Fort Bragg 73 5600
Thu 9/9 Fort Bragg – Gualala 71 3500
Fri 9/10 Gualala – Duncan Mills 32 5000
Sat  9/11 Duncan Mills - Olema 56 1600
Sun 9/12 Olema – San Francisco, CA 39 1200
    Total Mileage: 438 24100

 

On our arrival in San Fran they were holding a professional bicycle race the T-Mobile International (Previously SF Grand Prix). The USPS team was there (Lance didn't race but Cheryl did the Celeb race) with Ekimov and George Hincapie, Phonak with Tyler Hamilton, Robobank and Levi Leipheimer, and Fred Rodrigez on Alessio.

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Dan outside Jenner, CA.

 

Big Tree in Redwoods National Park. Redwoods! King of the stump (in bike shoes)! Cool house made from a tree just outside Avenue of Giants. Drive through tree just outside Avenue of Giants. Arch rocks at Mendocino. Tommasini on the coast. Cool rock outside Gualala, CA. Redwoods! Switch back in Sonoma County hills. School in Bodega where they filmed "The Birds". Elaine, Phil (uk), Dan. Bob, Jim. House on cliff near Emerald Beach. Riders at water stop. Jim and Bob on Russian River Bridge with fog in Jenner, CA. Dedicated bicyclclist ! Coast outside Jenner, CA. Tommasinni at Pt Arena lighthouse. Had a flat here ! Dan in Pt. Reyes. Cliffs outside Jenner, CA. Riding through Sausalito. Crossing the Golden Gate Bridge in the fog. The lead breakway group in SF Grand Prix. Dan at base of last section of Fillmore hill. Peleton coming up Fillmore hill SF GP. Bob on the Fillmore hill during SF Grand Prix. Fillmore is a heck of a climb 22 degree slope. Phonak and USPS in SF Grand Prix. Climb ! Back of the pack.