Yoga, Biking and (More) Walking

Saturday was the day I decided to slow down and relax a bit, seeing as I'm on "holidays". I tagged along with Fran to her studio at Menlo Park to do a morning yoga class. I don't think I was prepared for just how amateur a yoga-doing-person (yogi?) I am - but nonetheless enjoyed the class and the physical challenge. More than once I just had to say to myself "Yeah, my legs don't bend that far. Time for a rest."

The rest of Saturday contained: Olympics, reading, dozing off in front of the TV, and Stephen's awesome BBQ'd chicken for dinner. 

As my last activity in San Fran, I set out today to do the bike ride across the Golden Gate Bridge. This happened to coincide with the San Francisco Marathon, and a Giants game, which made for fun public transport adventures (lot of crazy people on those trams... just saying).

By 11:30 I was on my way along the shores of the bay, climbing the immense hills towards the base of the bridge. I'll save words here and just let the pictures speak for themselves. This was a phenomenal experience that I will never forget. Another tick off the bucket list, definitely. 

View approaching the bridge, on the city side.

Close up before entering
the bridge bike track.

Accomplished!

Token brooding, angled shot
from under one of the towers...
I'm such an artist.

The changes in weather were incredible. On the bridge it was windy, cold, misty, and then down in Sausalito it was sunny and beautiful. Such an incredible contrast between 5 odd kilometers! Special thanks to Stephen and Fran for the incredible hospitality, once again. Can't wait for the next visit! Off to Vancouver tomorrow... time to catch some zzzz's.

View of the city skyline on the ferry back from Sausalito.

View from shore on Sausalito
side of bridge.