Cycling Day-Out in San Francisco
September 9th, 2006

Took the BART from Fremont to Powell St.

Onto SF's infamous cable car: Powell St. to Taylor St.
They are here for a good reason: San Francisco Downtown is full of challenging steep hills.

At the end of the line, they use this to turn the car around...

... manually...

... and push it back on track.


Me, the Golden Gate Bridge, ...

... and my rented bicycle.

I prefer manual labour too, depending on me old skinny legs instead of fossil fuel. Biked the whole length of the bridge and back.
And snapped this photo as I was jumping off for a swim...!


Biked, hiked, walked, and downhill dash through Presidio.




Ocean Beach
Black and white.

Black... (it wasn't napping)

... and white.


Golden Gate Park
Riding through a park...

... you wouldn't expect to see...

... America Bisons.


After a long climb uphill to Alamo Garden, this was where the cramps started to really kick-in.

But I had to strive forward...

... because lunch was nearby at Japan Town, 6 hours after a light breakfast at 8am.


Returned my bike at 5pm after 6 gruelling hours.
Time to head home.

This time, I get to sit and stand facing out the cable car. Just don't fall off.

More manual labour with the cable car, this was the brake.

And this, the accelerator.


Powell St. to Fremont on BART again.

And waited for my 4th mode of transport for the day...

... the Bus.

After getting off the bus, I would have walked the remaining 15 minutes back to the house but my uncle and aunt were anxious to get me home in one piece. Thanks for the ride.