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and more pix on another camera.  yes.. want as many as I can from the best year of my life.. our due season, this past weekend included  -my sexy fixin' a lobster dinner, decorating the room to surprise me, joyce meyer live at the SAP, a bday dinner with his beautiful family at a wonderful Italian restaurant, followed by a visit with fun friends at the san pedro market square  -which is an awesome hang-out  -then 

honey!

"ive been stretched!"  and rode beyond what I ever believed I could.   and have mentioned several times that it is only because I didn't know in advance what the bike ride would entail..

so..  I just followed my fearless leaders, and..

from fort mason.. to and across the golden gate bridge     /which CH's = to my other time on the Golden Gate Bridge, with 300,000 other people, for the bridges 50th anniversary; traumatic memory  -not fun at all, very scary.

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but the entertainment value! of riding a bike over the golden gate in 2018; sharing the narrow space with novice riders like myself + tourist groups + individuals of every level + those master level bike riders with expensive bikes, uniforms, helmets, gear and traveling at mind-blowing speeds..

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and from there through Sausalito...  and on such a gorgeous day!

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and from there to Tiburon             /CH = literary agency.. unsuccessful submissions..  many several years ago

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and a wonderful lunch..   which, doesn't every meal taste even better when you've biked miles and miles before sitting down to enjoy it

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from there on the ferry, to pier 39, and rode our bikes from the pier back to fort mason.

and pause to mention here..   had I known in advance, the route..     I would have never agreed.

the only thing I would have agreed to, are those parts of the route where there is a clearly designated area for bike riders, pedestrians,  -paved; away from any traffic 

but we rode with traffic..  in narrow bike lanes..

we climbed steep upgrades and glided downhill..

we wove in and out of crowds of people... and cars.. trucks and buses

we rode past freeway entrances..

I just can't even believe..  but

"I did it!"      "We did it!"

and I am so grateful and enriched.

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and then, a delicious seafood pizza dinner and organic margaritas, "thank you!" very much to

 john and maria

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yes.

"thank you!"  very much to my sexy, to john, to maria

that was a blast!  a challenge I didn't know I could rise to

/which CH's to   STILL I RISE..

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my scrapbook page from Golden Gate's 50th Anniversary

In, Jesus is my fearless leader on the narrow paths' name,     hallelujah and amen.