If it makes you feel any better, oh she who has yet to make it to the Cannery...I've never eaten an Inn and Out burger.
I know.
Wrong.
Well, that's just CRAZY! In all the times you have been there? You MUST go!
If it also makes you feel any better, outside of Ghiradelli (which is so NOT what is used to be in terms of tours etc), and the awesome chowders at the Blue Mermaid...you aren't missing much at the cannery itself in my opinion.
I heard the Blue Mermaid was good- we looked at the hotel there, The Argonaut- anyway, thanks for making me feel like I didn't really miss much!
PLEASE do tell me you at least made it into the Buena Vista for an Irish coffee though.
Well.....last time we did! I am the only coffee drinker in the family, so not much reason to stop this time. BUT...we did all walk by with our bikes- it is on the bottom of the street from where we rented our cycles.
I am DYING here!
Yes, well, I was too! 
Too funny. And no, I would not rock it from a full stop. BLEH. I think you have a very (incorrectly) inflated sense of both my fitness level and abilities. LOL! Jeff might but he's a freak of nature at times.
Umm, I'm sorry, Miss-I-climbed-half-dome.....no, I don't think I am!
you mean this hill?
EXACTLY!!!!
We ran up that thing when we were there in Sept. Twice as we had to turn around and go back and both of us got turned around in different ways and ran too far. Me, I "had" to stop and take a picture...it was too pretty not to. Not that I need a walk break of course.
It is a very pretty view- one of about a MILLION beautiful views in that city, right? 
I have to say though...you have to take the description of "flat" with a serious grain of salt. I have done that ride, several years ago. On a tandem no less. I need to dig up the pictures.
No matter what, you have to get through the Fort and there is a hill. The beach part is a bit misleading I think as basically you have a little bit of beach right after Fishermans Wharf, go over the fort, back down to the beach and then back up to get over the bridge and if you ask me the climb to get up to the bridge counts as a hill. So yes, there is a beach but it's actually possibly not the most direct way, or fastest and that hill is still there. It is the Kodak moment spot though. Either way though, despite much of it being flat what you will remember is the hills.
True- but my info was also coming from real people who were writing blogs about their SF trip and the bike ride. All of THOSE said stay on the beach and it's mostly flat- they weren't trying to sell me on the bike ride. I could look down from where we were and SEE the people biking along in places we did not get NEAR because we were riding along a highway or whatever. We had a very short time near the water.
And tandem bikes are RIDICULOUS!!! Sooooo much harder- you really ARE amazing, even if you won't admit it!
Of course if you are nuts like us instead of heading straight into Sausalito after checking out the vista point...instead you turn left and go up the hill to get a better view via Conzleman Road.
Can I send Pods with you next time? Then you could get a 3 person tandem and REALLY kill yourselves! 
The route plot for this particular ride continues directly up Conzelman Road after crossing the bridge. This narrow road climb (open to fairly heavy traffic, especially over its first third or so) is the only serious climb of the ride and lasts for about two miles, though that includes an almost flat section in the middle. The steepest segment is a short part in the beginning averaging around 11% grade. The other part of the sustained climb (near the top) does not exceed 9% very much. This is not a challenging climb for anyone who has done any amount of climbing on a bike before.
We saw lots of bikers on the crazy hills between the GGB and Muir Woods when we went, and we were all in awe of them- 
Conzelman Road features a string of parking areas at which visitors can stop to take in the views, which are phenomenal. This whole road is essentially one big vista point. As the climb takes you higher and higher, the views get wider and wider. At the top of the climb, you'll reach the last parking area near Hawk Hill, which is also the turnaround point for most tourists driving up there
HA!
Not challenging my patootie...especially on a tandem. We are still speaking to each other though.
I started talking to Pods again after about 2 glasses of wine up there in the Regency Club that night. HA!
I do want to thank you for this update...I went searching for the dumb tandem picture and realized that a LOT of my older pictures were missing from PB. Either I broke the links (possible) when I reorganized it earlier this year or PB started deleting when the auto renew kept not going through due to an expired card that though I tried to fix a bazillion times, kept not "fixing". Between this and my last uppdate where I was looking for older pictures it was like HUH?
thank heavens for external drives.
PB is a MESS- it seems to be working better for me, though- but not sure what to do when my renewal eventually comes up- I don't want to lose the pics on my TRs, people still read them-
see the big "bump" to the left of the far gate? Yeah...that's where we rode this crazy thing up to, aka Hawk Hill.
GREAT PIC!!! So glad you found it! I HATE losing photos- I lost a bunch from a trip to HHI a few years ago when my computer crashed- I had not yet moved them to the external Hard Drive. SO SAD!!!!!
It is so lovely to just walk around! Far prettier on the other (aka non main road) side. The Exploratorium used to be there but now that it isn't, less reason to go. Last year when we didn't rent a car and walked the entire city like crazy people (yes, there is a theme) we got to explore it at night after closing down the Disney Family museum. Magical!
Yes, in my head I was thinking "It doesn't look like this in the pics I have seen" but there was no way to go over for a minute and do a loop around because Tyler & Tim were so far ahead at that point. Next visit it is on my MUST DO- even without the exploratorium.
Way more magical when our frozen patooties finally made it to the Buena Vista to warm up with Irish Coffee.
Great idea!
Oh Timmy!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh that is SO something Evan would do. Oh wait, he DID do.
In Whistler. When we had the brilliant idea to go for a ride...along hilly gravel trails...with a kid in a CAST.
Kind of hard to use the hand brakes effectively when only one can grip.
Oops. Good thing I made him keep the cast on for that trip, they offered to take it off prior.
Yay! Another mom of the Year! Anyway- you have my deepest sympathies!
I am so not laughing, I am so empathizing...oh wait, I am laughing. You know what though, you will never ever forget this trip and it will be one of the funniest memories forever.
You are completely correct on that one. It is VERY funny now, 3 months later-
I really am empathizing... the SLOW ride down part in particular. At least he didn't get off and insist on walking it. Really, it could have been worse.
I left that part out- he DID walk for a while. I went back and edited my post- at one point when he threw the bike down he started walking away and I had to convince him to come back and walk it himself because he was going to leave it altogether! 
So, really, it couldn't have been much worse!
And sorry but four person linked? RUDE! Deserved to get yelled at at a minimum.
It WAS rude, you are RIGHT!
I can only hope you chose the ferry ride back...
Do I LOOK stupid?????
Pods wants to do it again, and wants to do both ways- Tyler too. Have a good time boys, I say- I'll be waiting at the Disney Family Museum!
Stellar update! And despite it all, some agood pictures, you fake fun well.
MEN!
I'm sorry your bike riding memory will be a little besmirched, but at least you got a few beautiful pics in the end!
He said he really enjoyed all the extra hills.
They admitted me for the night and did loads of tests .y heart is fin it was not a heart attack ! A Fib was the diagnosis !! I am on 2new meds and have to follow up with my doctor and a cardiologist !! I had to give up regular coffee 
But finally the headaches from that have stopped 
Now, this Lappert's in Sausalito is not related to the Lappert's in Hawaii- BUT- ya could have fooled me. They had Kauai Pie and Kona coffee fudge, so that was plenty good enough for me.
