Originally Posted by
LV2TNDM
My cross country tandem adventure would be shorter than yours because I'd be starting in Oakland
True, that will save you miles! We carved our own route until the Sierra foothills, joining the ACA route at Cook's Station on Route 88. So instead of the ferry to Vallejo and through Davis/Sacramento, we went: GG Bridge, Richmond Bridge, Antioch Bridge to Brannan Island park overnight, Rancho Seco park overnight, then to Cook's Station overnight. Brannan has biker-hiker campsites and is in the lovely Delta region; Rancho Seco has tent camping by a lake; Cook's Station bar/grill lets you camp on their deck. There are some busy roads but some quiet rural roads even just east of Richmond. (see below)
In the hills east of Richmond:
Delta levee road from Brannan Island, early morning:
Heading toward Sierra foothills:
