Thanks for the tips. We had a great day yesterday. We drove down to Half Moon Bay and did a really nice loop south on 1 to Tunitas, up Tunitas to Lobitos Creek to Verde to Purissima to Higgins. 24 miles and 1700 feet of climbing. It was a little harder than would have been ideal, but it worked out well.
Then on to lunch at Duarte's Tavern in Pescadero, berry picking along the coast, a nice bakery in Santa Cruz, and finally hot tubbing! It was a great day.
We will probably do the Healdsburg one next!