Biking Lake Berryessa and Clear Lake

Camp at Shady Acres

Over this last weekend I participated in a 3-day bike tour from Lake Berryessa to Clear Lake and back. It was my unfortunate luck that the ride coincided with some of the hottest days of the year so far, but most of the rest of the aspects of the ride […]

Tour of California Stage 4 2010

Garmin leads the peloton on Mines Road

The Tour of California bike race came through Livermore today, with a sprint points location downtown. Rather than watch (and photograph) from there, I decided to head up Mines Road to a King of the Mountain location. I found a nice location not quite all of the way […]

Tour of California Stage 1 2010

The 2010 Tour of California bike race started today. Stage 1 began in Nevada City and finished with a three lap circuit around the capitol building in Sacramento. I like watching the race in Sacramento because I get three opportunities to photograph the riders. I arrived two hours early and chose a corner where I […]