September Starts Tomorrow - where has the year gone?

I remember when I was in school many many years ago time seemed to pass more slowly.  The summer was much longer and from the start of school to Christmas seemed to be forever.  The older I get the faster time passes, it does not seem fair.
Here are a few pictures from a trail I found yesterday.  It is over a bridge from the bay trail in Burlingame, to bad it leads to a dead end.

Bay Trail in Burlingame

Burlingame

End of August

Well it is almost labor day and we have only had 5 days this summer where the temperature has been over 85 degrees.  Sure hope that September will be warmer than August.  I have ridden over 1000 miles again this month.

Bay Trail in Foster City

Bay Trail, Foster City

Bay Trail, Foster City

Bay Trail, Foster City

Two Really Hot Days then Cool Again

Both Tuesday and Wednesday where between 95 and 100 degrees, today was at least 20 degrees colder with lots of morning fog. Tomorrow is forecast to be even colder.  I guess it was a two day summer.  When I went out for a ride today I felt like a Sunday morning, because there was very little traffic on the roads and I had mostly green lights at every major road crossing.  On the entire trip I counted only 4 passenger trains. Normally during commute time I would see maybe 8 to 10.  A strange Thursday ride.
Now some trail flowers

Wow it was really HOT today

There was no breeze at all, it was at least 95 degrees all along the bay trail. I lost at least 2 pounds, that has not happened on a ride for at least a year. I did meet a really nice person who was trying to find a way from home to work along the bay trail.  I was able to show her a few ways to get to work.  I hope I see her again as she was fun to ride and talk with.

A Real Summer Day

Summer is almost over and kids are starting back to school, and we had the first real summer day of the year.  There was no fog and only a very light breeze and by afternoon the temperature was in the 80s at the edge of the bay.  So I started out at 8:15 AM and rode all the way from Redwood City to the San Francisco Airport Main Terminal Building and back a round trip of just over 54 miles.

Coyote Point

Coyote Point

San Carlos Train Station

San Carlos Train Station

Bay Trail, Foster City

Bay Trail, Foster City

Bay Trail, Foster City

Bay Trail, Foster City

More Images from the top of Coyote Point

Looking toward San Francisco

Looking North

Coyote Point top of hill

Coyote Point Merchant Marine Training Center

Looking toward Oakland

August 17th

Two images looking toward SF Airport from Shoreside Park and Two from top of hill at Coyote Point

Bay Trail near San Francisco Airport

Self image on Bay Trail

From Coyote Point

Looking east from Coyote Point Museum

Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson

Just finished reading the fantasy novel "Warbreaker" by Brandon Sanderson.  I grabbed my on the very first page and did not release me until I read the last page.  It is well worth the time it takes to read almost 600 pages.
If you go to Brandon Sanderson's Website you can download a free PDF version of the book.

More Bay Trail Photos

Starter problem with SUV was just a bad battery.  So back to riding.

Bay Trail in Redwood Shores

Redwood Shores marsh

Bay Trail, Redwood Shores

Creek near San Carlos Airport

You would think you where in the country and not 100 yards from a big hotel and office buildings

SUV needs service so no ride today

Oil Change, Starter Check and so on.

 My Dad and I have been using M & R Automotive since the early 1970s they do great work here is a link to their web page.M & R Automotive Menlo Park

Strange weather today

It started out very foggy, not just on the bay trail but almost everywhere.  The temperature was about 25 degrees below normal for this time of year.  I ran into light rain at some points in the ride, and bright sun in others.  The wind on the bay trail normally starts around noon and is for the most part out of the north-west or north-east.  Today however it started blowing early and was at times directly out of the west and at others from the south-west.  Seems the weather was just as confused as me.

August 9th and 10th on Bay Trail

August 3rd on the Bay Trail