SANTA CRUZ TO WILDER RANCH SIRS BICYCLE RIDE

WAS ON FRIDAY, MAY 31st

The riders were Marv Zietzke, Dave Smith, Pete Eppolito and Fred Jones. We all rode on electric assisted bikes.

The morning weather was foggy in the 60’s the afternoon was in the 70’s

We rode on a paved path, from the Dream Inn on W. Cliff Dr. watching the beautiful ocean, surfers and beaches along the way to Natural Bridges Park. We rode to UCSC Marine Lab. While there, we took some pictures in front of a blue whale skeleton. Blue whales are the largest mammals on earth. We rode on a paved trail to Wilder Ranch. From there we rode on dirt trails to beautiful Wilder Beach and Fern Grotto Beach watching hundreds of seals basking in the sun.

While there, Fred’s fat tire bike broke down. After trying a little repair and problem solving. Fred was able to ride and walk the bike on the loop trail back to Wilder Ranch.

I want to give a shout out to Marv Zietzke, Dave Smith and Pete Eppolito for riding back to the start of the ride and bringing the truck back to pick up Fred at a Highway 1 Wilder Ranch turnout.

The ride was cut short from about 22 miles to 14 miles round trip.

the ride started at 10:00AM and ended about 1:00 PM. with all of it’s challenges and adventures.

This ride is a testament to, it is better and safer to ride in a group than it is to ride alone because of unforeseen problems.

We had lunch from 1:00 PM to about 2:00 PM at Stagnaro’s on the wharf, while enjoying great conversations, humor, food and a view

of the coast.