tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19883764054632514972011-04-21T17:07:59.724-07:00Cranky VROC 16804http://www.blogger.com/profile/12114303783354956469noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1988376405463251497.post-9603554934610011332008-08-17T17:26:00.001-07:002008-08-17T19:22:25.700-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold;">Pics are from top to bottom, click on a pic for a large pic, text for a pic is under the pic.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Don VSP, our "official" Norcal tour guide blog: </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Please go here, Don did a great job, and KC really took some good pics to! </span><br /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://2008norcal.blogspot.com/2008/08/2008-aug-17-kilo-ride.html">http://2008norcal.blogspot.com/2008/08/2008-aug-17-kilo-ride.html</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kilo wanted to visit the Golden Gate Bridge, Battery Spencer. It is one of the most gorgeous spots and views anywhere! Absolutely majestic!</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">But to put it in perspective, Mark Twain once said "the coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco", that is to quantify the weather. GBG</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Yup, foggy, windy and cold! True to form!<br /></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZRljkG2aevM/SKjCbB6FcsI/AAAAAAAACgU/GV3XLfHfQp8/s1600-h/VROC+-+Kilo+send+off+at+Battery+Spencer+GG++Bridge+08+17+08+01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZRljkG2aevM/SKjCbB6FcsI/AAAAAAAACgU/GV3XLfHfQp8/s400/VROC+-+Kilo+send+off+at+Battery+Spencer+GG++Bridge+08+17+08+01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235648336442520258" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">So we staged at McD's in Navato, had eight bikes, Rick, David J, Bruce brought the ashes, KC, Redbeard. nite lite and the Cranky dude. nite lite led the group as this was his stomping grounds and knew exactly where we were going.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZRljkG2aevM/SKjCbep4BMI/AAAAAAAACgc/I7jq_oEWf6M/s1600-h/VROC+-+Kilo+send+off+at+Battery+Spencer+GG++Bridge+08+17+08+02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZRljkG2aevM/SKjCbep4BMI/AAAAAAAACgc/I7jq_oEWf6M/s400/VROC+-+Kilo+send+off+at+Battery+Spencer+GG++Bridge+08+17+08+02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235648344159159490" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Another shot of the bikes...</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZRljkG2aevM/SKjCbuygZ4I/AAAAAAAACgk/6pk_dHAUCrY/s1600-h/VROC+-+Kilo+send+off+at+Battery+Spencer+GG++Bridge+08+17+08+03.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZRljkG2aevM/SKjCbuygZ4I/AAAAAAAACgk/6pk_dHAUCrY/s400/VROC+-+Kilo+send+off+at+Battery+Spencer+GG++Bridge+08+17+08+03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235648348490327938" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">If you squint, you can see Alcatraz in the fog over the northern end of Golden Gate Bridge.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZRljkG2aevM/SKjCbiBouUI/AAAAAAAACgs/F2lw-W2AIj4/s1600-h/VROC+-+Kilo+send+off+at+Battery+Spencer+GG++Bridge+08+17+08+04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZRljkG2aevM/SKjCbiBouUI/AAAAAAAACgs/F2lw-W2AIj4/s400/VROC+-+Kilo+send+off+at+Battery+Spencer+GG++Bridge+08+17+08+04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235648345064126786" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">KC, Howard Don VSP, David J, and Bruce.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZRljkG2aevM/SKjCCcziVcI/AAAAAAAACfk/soEwT51pn_0/s1600-h/VROC+-+Kilo+send+off+at+Battery+Spencer+GG++Bridge+08+17+08+05.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZRljkG2aevM/SKjCCcziVcI/AAAAAAAACfk/soEwT51pn_0/s400/VROC+-+Kilo+send+off+at+Battery+Spencer+GG++Bridge+08+17+08+05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235647914166080962" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">If a picture is worth a thousand words, this is worth 3 - cold, windy and foggy! GBG</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZRljkG2aevM/SKjCCiw8Y1I/AAAAAAAACfs/tfFLiTn7urQ/s1600-h/VROC+-+Kilo+send+off+at+Battery+Spencer+GG++Bridge+08+17+08+06.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZRljkG2aevM/SKjCCiw8Y1I/AAAAAAAACfs/tfFLiTn7urQ/s400/VROC+-+Kilo+send+off+at+Battery+Spencer+GG++Bridge+08+17+08+06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235647915765818194" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bruce, KC, Rick, Howard and David J, we're site seeing and getting ready for the event.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZRljkG2aevM/SKjCCuKwwJI/AAAAAAAACf0/pMyly9WrlBI/s1600-h/VROC+-+Kilo+send+off+at+Battery+Spencer+GG++Bridge+08+17+08+07.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZRljkG2aevM/SKjCCuKwwJI/AAAAAAAACf0/pMyly9WrlBI/s400/VROC+-+Kilo+send+off+at+Battery+Spencer+GG++Bridge+08+17+08+07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235647918826897554" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bruce got the honor, you can see a light trail leaning left as the wind took the ashes into the air...</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZRljkG2aevM/SKjCC1QGaaI/AAAAAAAACf8/TkvjNF8kkIE/s1600-h/VROC+-+Kilo+send+off+at+Battery+Spencer+GG++Bridge+08+17+08+08.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZRljkG2aevM/SKjCC1QGaaI/AAAAAAAACf8/TkvjNF8kkIE/s400/VROC+-+Kilo+send+off+at+Battery+Spencer+GG++Bridge+08+17+08+08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235647920728336802" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Some landed on the ground, so Bruce grabbed a handful and gave them a boost, if you look up and to the left, you will see some spots in the fog, headed.... who knows where. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Enjoy the journey Kilo! God Bless and Healing Prayers for those left behind.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZRljkG2aevM/SKjCC5jLd0I/AAAAAAAACgE/Zrk6_R6y0Jc/s1600-h/VROC+-+Kilo+send+off+at+Battery+Spencer+GG++Bridge+08+17+08+09.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZRljkG2aevM/SKjCC5jLd0I/AAAAAAAACgE/Zrk6_R6y0Jc/s400/VROC+-+Kilo+send+off+at+Battery+Spencer+GG++Bridge+08+17+08+09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235647921882101570" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The fog cleared a bit so I took one more shot of the bridge before riding over it and back home thru San Francisco. Nice ride, glad to pay respects, and it was nice to see everyone again!</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1988376405463251497-960355493461001133?l=vrockilosendoffatbatteryspenc.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Cranky VROC 16804http://www.blogger.com/profile/12114303783354956469noreply@blogger.com0