Reno to Tahoe. Circumnavigating Tahoe. Reno to Virgina City via Geiger Grade. To the top of Mission Peak in Fremont CA on a mountain bike. San Jose Ca to the top of Mount Hamilton (Lick Observatory). Nothing too epic. These are a few of my faves, which I miss dearly since moving to New England.

I used to regularly ride the trail along Alameda creek out into the SF Bay into steady 30 mph headwinds. You could really fly going the other way. Paddling a kayak into these winds duck hunting in the South Bay was a different kind of a workout.