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happy Monday... since I had some free time on my hands I decided to go on a spur-of-the-moment drive through some of the local backroads.
I was going to do a long-range scouting mission up to Lake Berryessa but got a late start and had to be back in time for dinner, so I nixed that idea and hit the more familiar roads.
From Castro Valley, up Redwood Rd to Skyline and Grizzly Peak. Passed by The Wall but didn't stop as the view was pretty hazy today from up there. Continued on to Wildcat Canyon down to San Pablo Dam Rd and on to Moraga, where I took the turn to Canyon Rd and then to Pinehurst Rd. Great drive but a lot of bicyclists and people walking their dogs out there.
Coming down the final hairpins of Pinehurst, I got held up by a slower SUV so when I arrived at Redwood Rd again, I stopped, turned around and hit Pinehurst again, before returning to Redwood for the final cruise downhill home. Well on the way home I decided to check out another squiggly line on the map that might have been a fun drive, but it turned out to be a dead end and dotted with farms and barns so it didn't pan out. All in all a fun few hours of driving, I guess you could call it a quick lap of the East Bay.
One of these days I will get up there to Lake Berryessa. I remember smooth, beautiful roads along the lake like something out of a car commercial when I drove there years ago.
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