Originally Posted by
Beaker
I'm imagining Mrs BBM looking through your snaps..."hey that's Monterey peninsula"..[slap]..."what? Really, it's Monterey peninsula"...[slap]..."ow! really, it's in the distance if you look hard"...
Wait, I missed it. Send me that picture!
Thanks for the escort on my birthday ride BBM. Despite the elevation graph, the first descent down Soquel San Jose road and the last one down Old Santa Cruz road are worth all the uphill. The long climb is Eureka Canyon and, while filled with chewed up road and seemingly endless, only gets steep in a few places.
Plus we got to stop at Gayle's Bakery, and as BBM's pictures show - Capitola beach to view, the, ummm... scenery.
Here's the route trace...
