Here's another big post with lots of pics. For Sara's 40th b-day month... we decided to go to Hoes Down again. Well, we probably would have gone anyway as it is such a great time, but we were happy for more celebration!
Another good week:
Ending with a bigger ride up to Hoes Down... hadn't done a 100+ mi ride for too long... I left at 3:30 am, got to Sigman's at 4:45 (after hopping a few fences due to the closed Canyon rd)... and arrived at Hoes Down at 11:30. With a 40 min stop at Winters for breakfast. Here's the track. The ride was pleasant until the last section to Hoes Down where the road doesn't have much of a shoulder.
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| I easily talked Sigman into riding out to Winters for breakfast with me. I continued on to Hoes Down, and he turned around. I ended up with 110 miles, and he ended up with 20 more? |
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| We had stopped at Steady Eddy's during our 1000k.... they serve great food and are super bike friendly. |
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| Most of the riding is like this. Flat. No cars. Farms. |
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| Meanwhile... in the Prius... |
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| Soon we had settled in, had lunch and were ready to go into the festival! |
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| The shade structure is pretty $$$ |
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| Circus Bella! Again! |
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| We've got very similar pics of Kai doing this course... |
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| So many activities... |
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| Nikko sitting in with the Banana Slug String Band. |
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| The pumpkin carvings are really cool |
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| After putting the kids down for bed, I went back into check out the bands. Who were rockin! These guys were seriously groovy. |
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| Good morning! |
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| B-day girl... kinda. |
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| This tree was a hit with the kids. Note: it is important to find a good climbing tree when we choose a camping site |
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| The girls put on a show for us. Our own circus show! |
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| Tah-dah! |
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| Afterwards everyone took off... but we decided to stick around a bit and go check out some brewries... this one just opened up... and has some auto pour system which was cool. But none of their own beers yet. Soon. |
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| But! They have a HUGE area for events, parties, kids, etc. Volleyball court, horse shoes, cornhole, etc.. We need to go back here next year for sure. |
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| Then we went to sample Berryessa Brew Co, which is across the river, but a 10 min drive. Also very good. |
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| We ended up catching the end of the Fleet week from Kimbo's office! |
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| Good to get the sink off these two after a busy, dirty weekend |
Posts from the previous years:
Next year:
- get on the ziplines, etc early... before the line is too long.
- red bull & vodkas... would be nice...
- get there early... there's too much to do.
- take an inner tube
- do a few more activities on Sat
- bike up there again (that worked out well... maybe a bit longer route?)
- go on a morning hike the next morning?
- more light up toys for the kids and us...
- go to Green River Brewery on Sunday, play volleyball, toss horseshoes, bags, etc...
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