So, since this is my very favorite time of year to be out on my bike, your resident TikiRobot cyclist will once again resume periodic trip reports of places to take your bike. And since I’m supposed to be riding 100-125 miles / week this month for aids ride training, I will be covering lots of ground. (although i’ll be gone in texas at sxsw the following 2 weekends, so no trip reports then. not quite sure how i will make up for it yet. eek.)

Anyways, this morning was clear and beautiful so I rode up to the Lick Observatory on Mt. Hamilton which is just east of San Jose. At 4,209 ft, Mt. Hamilton is apparently the highest point in the Bay Area. However, lest you think I’m crazy, I did not ride from the bottom all the way to the top. (maybe one day I’ll be that crazy person, but today was not that day.) My bike ride began at Joseph D. Grant County Park which is about 11 miles from the top and even though you have to ride mostly uphill, the grade was pretty gradual (5%-7%) so it wasn’t so bad. Altogether, I climbed about 2700 feet and the views were spectacular. I was hoping to see lots of wildflowers but we’ve had so little rain this year, I didn’t see any at all. I did, however, see some melting snow and some really big telescopes.

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