Day 1 San Francisco - Santa Cruz 2009-06-01 2 min read Photos marco Up (2009-06-01 Alc 8) 104886927473 20121216 1173677231 104886932473 20121216 1865416362 A different view of the park santa cruz people wer 20121216 2076421485 Again bike storage 20121216 1829774690 Getting into cow palace where it all started i to 20121216 1257087005 Here raybel got his and paul s bags it was a bitch 20121216 1393204944 Ian and paul enjoying the sun 20121216 1242915832 Lunch was at a really pretty location unfortunate 20121216 1775629263 My favorite sign of the day cyclists steep downhi 20121216 1516837131 Paul and raybel in their tent paul couldn t stand 20121216 1591705299 Raybel and i caught up at lunch he s terribly hor 20121216 2089975269 Raybel looking all tired he was trying to be all b 20121216 1327719622 So raybel and i started setting up tents at the sa 20121216 2080895770 Tent city after pretty much everybody had come in 20121216 1532229422 Tent city when we were done with showering and set 20121216 1682402080 That s how the bikes were stored overnight row aft 20121216 1251082732 That s us getting out of the palace taking picture 20121216 1801808212 The crowd getting into the place as we heard 70 20121216 1132660345 The opening ceremony we were 2150 or so riders th 20121216 1590906289 These four guys were stretching and placed themsel 20121216 1638501896 This lovely place was just before lunch a shaggy h 20121216 1831303957 Two riders finally making it into the camp 20121216 1147909504 When we got to the camp site in santa cruz there 20121216 1865822350 You can t imagine what a wonderful gift it is when 20121216 1219284840