Smile, Mister!

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Commute #116

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Nice panoramic view from the top of dry creek. No, this never gets old.

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My friend Rick got a new helmet camera the other day - here's a few minutes of footage set to music. I had hoped to do more with the clips, but found the updated version of iMovie has had the user interface badly damaged -- it's obvious the development team has no idea how mac software should look and feel.

The Long Ride

With cyclocross season coming up fast, it's time to put in some base miles. One staple of the base period is the Sunday morning ride - while most are still snug in their beds I'm on the road at first light.

Even though it's early, there's still traffic to contend with.

Yes - it's pie plate hating geese, looking for unwary cyclists who run pie plates on their back wheels. Fortunately, I am not guilty of this transgression and was unharmed.

After getting through traffic, I was on my way to Salt Air.

The ride, along a frontage road, offers a nice long stretch to spin, with of scenery.

With the early start, it was just me and my shadow out for the ride.

After some spinning, I reached Salt Air. Now, when I was in India, I got a lot of crap from the locals about not going to Agra to see the Taj Mahal. Well, feast your eyes on this - no need to see some old hotel or whatever when I've got this in my backyard!

I must have become disoriented, because on the way home somehow I ended up south of the border.

San Francisco

I got to spend 3 days in San Francisco attending training at MuleSource. While there, I took the opportunity to stretch the legs and walk along the waterfront, which is great territory for taking some pictures due to the scale of it all.

Here's the one half way decent panoramic shot I was able to stitch together...

I would have made more attempts, but after my experience on the shoreline trail with the big spider, I was unnerved by the sight of this:

I would take large weapon to defeat such a spider...

I'm out of jokes now - here are a few more photos - all in all a nice day for a walk on the waterfront.

Finally, a hill to rival the hill I ride home from work every day (more on that later).