The Crossings at Sunrise

On May 27th I wrote that when I left the coffee shop I rode for about 15 minutes. I had wanted to stop because of the rain as I was going over Nimbus but it wasn’t necessary but I did have to stop at Sunrise, where there are three bridges, to get water. One of the crossings at Sunrise is directly on the river and the channel was full. The other two crossings are much higher.

I tried to get some mileage after that but found the headwinds to be overpowering. I visited Rancho Cordova’s Hagan Park and zoomed through Riverbend.  By then I have stopped paying attention to where I was because my old classmate and planned to meet for lunch. I stayed on the levees and only stopped once to catch my breath on the way to Watt Ave.

I took a lot of photos as I rode over West Bridge.  I then crossed under the railroad tracks at 64th and passed a park on M. I got a little lost at 33rd on my way to Stockton.  FInally, I rode X Street to Yosemite. Broadway was right there.

My old classmate was drinking a beer while waiting. We both got a taco but mine were small. Afterwards we were stuffed so we went to a park and then to a bar. The name was Elixir. We played a game of foosball and he won both times.

My host showed up with his partner on foldable bikes then.  My old classmate told us that he was going to a bookstore so we hung out for a bit and then the three of us left.  At my host’s place we had pizza and watched Sorry to Bother You.  There were martinis.

In the morning of the day that I wrote this I awoke refreshed and made all of my host’s coffee. We ate a quiche and when we were done I rode 17th to Land Park and paid old classmate a visit. He made coffee and we talked about relationships. He was writing up his last report for grad school. Graduation was coming up.

When I said goodbye I rode to the station. I couldn’t figure out where to eat so just went to Starbucks before boarding. I met a guy on the train from Virginia who did federal transit stuff.

It was a good stay.

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