Video at normal speed on Youtube channel SUENORD1 (https://youtu.be/w6rCttNDtss)
San Francisco Senior Style
After spending the night in the corner of a 24-hour restaurant parking lot, I headed for the BART train station in San Bruno. I had checked out how to park the van and was assisted by a friendly BART employee when I put money on my senior, or “Clipper” card. This would give me a nice discount on the train and ferry.
The train trip to the Embarcadero in downtown San Francisco went seamlessly. I turned my Yi 4k camera to “flip” (upside down), and walked my bike through the busy intersection to the bike path. The camera dangled from a heavy pole down by my feet, and will hopefully result in an interesting viewpoint. The whole block was enlivened by musicians, sales booths and tourists. The sun was beautiful and it was surprisingly warm for February. The bike path disappeared to the left (uphill), but reappeared when I got to a large park and marina. Before 1530, you have to take the bike path on the west side of the bridge. Right under the bridge, a road leads to the bike path. A few brave and hardy souls actually rode up that part. Yours-truly took to her feet every time she ran into a hill. When I got up to the Golden Gate itself, the rise was more gentle. I still pulled off to pant once in a while.
After I got to the North side of the Bridge, there was a road on the west side from the viewpoint. It was steep, and I lost most my 80 meter advantage in a few minutes.
There was another hill before Sausalito that I also strolled up, along with at least half of my fellow bikers. On the ferry back to the Embarcadero, there were 79 bikes. E-bikes are not allowed. That is why I have my little 20″ folding bike.
Getting back to San Bruno and my van was not as easy as the first trip. The card wouldn’t open the gate, though I filled it with money twice. I finally went through the emergency gate to get to the train, after the alarms on the gate had beeped for 20 minutes. No BART employees responded. When I got to my car, I headed South for an hour, and stealth camped again in a Denny’s parking lot.