Day 64

7/18/16 Davis, CA to San Francisco, CA via Vallejo Ferry, about 67 miles.  Riding out of Davis through endless orchards and fruit farms was beautiful.  I saw many other cyclists on the way, and there is a town called Winters about 15 miles west of Davis with a coffee shop frequented by Davis cyclists doing a 30 mile out and back.  The day continued nicely as I began hitting the San Francisco suburbs around mile 30.  Continuing on, a headwind began to pick up and by mile 45 I was heading straight into a strong wind.  I eventually reached Vallejo, where the housing developments and later urban development blocked the wind.  I got to the ferry dock at 3:20, in time for the 4:00 ferry across San Francisco Bay into San Francisco.  I'd have liked to bike all the way to Oakland for the shorter ferry ride, but I heard that the Vallejo Ferry is a beautiful ride, and I'll be living in the area for 5 years, so I can always go back and bike Vallejo to Oakland.  Made it to San Francisco and met up with my friend Devin for dinner.  Devin worked at the Federal Reserve during my first year there and is now working in San Francisco.  He was the first familiar face from before the trip that I have seen since leaving Virginia.  I dipped my feet in San Francisco Bay after dinner.  We got ice cream at Ghirardelli Square before heading back to his house in the Mission District.

In some respect, the trip is now over.  But I still need to bike across the Golden Gate Bridge, bike to the Pacific, and bike back to Berkeley (this time via the Oakland Ferry).  So there will be a Day 65 and probably a day 66, depending on when I do all that.