NorCal's Famous Skyline Boulevard Early in the Morning

[Carla]

<img src="http://www.carlaking.com/weblog/images/67px-California_35.svg.png" align="right"</a>This morning I had to be in Menlo Park for a 9:00 am meeting, so I headed out of San Francisco at 7:00 for a leisurely commute on my Enfield (http://www.enfieldmotorcycles.com/mdl_classic.html). I motored along The Great Highway (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Beach,_San_Francisco,_California) (Ocean Beach), which hooks up to Highway 35 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Route_35), aka Skyline Boulevard. Sun, fog, sun, fog, traffic, twisties, sun, sun, twisties, twisties, redwoods, redwoods, sweeping vistas, nobody on the road but me for miles and miles and dense fog (shiver shiver) and twisties and finally sun again at Sky Londa where I filled up my tank at the gas station store across from the landmark Alice' Restaurant (http://alicesrestaurant.com/) (which is not the restaurant in the epic song, as explained here (http://www.arlo.net/resources/lyrics/alices.shtml)), then headed downhill on Highway 92 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Route_92) to arrive to my meeting helmet-headed and otherwise dishleveled but with a big grin on my face. Not normally a morning person, I am tempted to attempt to change my ways for the joy of riding empty scenic routes (heavier injections of caffine earlier in the day?) for more opportunities like this, so if I don't do it again soon, somebody, please remind me!

<img src="http://www.carlaking.com/weblog/images/80px-Santa_Clara_County_Route_G3_CA.svg.png" align="right"</a>To end the day, I took Page Mill Road (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_Mill_Road) (County Road G3) up to Skyline, which was as much or even more fun, if possible. It begins at the edge of Stanford University in Palo Alto, and climbs, and climbs, and twists, and climbs... well, you get the idea!