Going to Bike Party

On June 10 I wrote that Friday evening I stopped at Souvla to get my friend a meal and then went to the apartment where she was struggling. She hadn’t heard from the neighbor so decided to stay in. I had had a late lunch so wasn’t super hungry but I did try her salad. I left about seven when she had begun winding the house down.

I rode to Civic Center and boarded the first train that came. I transferred twice because that strategy is better than sitting through delays. At Berkeley I dropped a check and went to Berkeley Civic Center for break party. I saw a bunch of people I knew but just sat looking at Twitter. When it was nearly time I asked a guy for a swig of his bourbon and everyone took off to follow the green flag.

We took Allston around strawberry creek. I learned about the bowling club. We crossed the tracks, lagoons and freeway. Some girl on skates was amazing. She was a very good skater but not versed in how to deal with a group of cyclists.

I took photos of the sunset. I got a great picture of some of the tidal art. We passed IKEA and headed to the foot of the bridge where a bunch of cops and maintenance trucks were we waiting with lights on. We mostly ignored them. The green flag set up and I stood with the guys. The cops got bored and I had a donut and wandered around. The disco ball was set up in a great spot.

I saw the green flag take off and decided to go with it. We took the path back to Powell. At first I was really aggressive in following but I fell back and let everyone passed me. We rode to Powell and then through Emeryville to San Pablo Terrace 27th and I want to watch the dancers at the Embarcadero near Lake Merritt. I wandered around then enjoying the scene but decided to quit after talking to some of the leadership. I rode by myself to Bart but found a couple of the guys on the train.

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