Valley Spokesmen club ride on a mainly out-and-back route to Sunol and then up Calaveras Rd. past the reservoir and down to Ed Levin Park for a RR and short refreshment break before tackling 'The Wall' and heading back. Still lots of work going on at the dam construction site with quite a few trucks coming up the hill.

Valley Spokesmen ride by the Feather Pedals group as part of a series of training rides leading up to the Cinderella Classic in early April.

Outing of the East Bay Casual Hikers starting at Inspiration Point and heading up to Vollmer Peak primarily on the Seaview Trail. We then went down to the steam train area for our refreshment break before returning on the Lupine/Vollmer Peak/Lower Big Springs/Seaview trails.

Valley Spokesmen club ride starting from Fallon Sports Park in Dublin and heading over to Livermore with an out-and-back excursion on Doolan Rd. and a climb of Collier Canyon along the way. We stopped for refreshments at Starbucks on Vasco before returning via Greenville, Patterson Pass, East, Murrieta, and Jack London.

Valley Spokesmen club ride starting at Heather Farm Park in Walnut Creek and heading north through Concord to the small town of Clyde. We then went east through Pacheco and Martinez before returning via Pleasant Hill. The track here also includes my ride to/from the start to San Ramon.

Valley Spokesmen club ride held on odd-numbered Fridays leaving from San Ramon Central Park and using various routes. Today's ride headed south to Dublin and then east to Livermore. After a refreshment stop at the Starbucks on Vineyard we returned through Pleasanton and the Alamo Canal and Iron Horse trails.

Outing of Wilma's Wednesday Hikers around Lake Chabot with a refreshment stop at Hawk's Ridge.

Outing with the 'Tuesday U-turn' hiking group. Starting at the Canyon Meadow Staging Area on Redwood Rd., we first headed east along the road to the start of the Bridle Trail, then took the Orchard up to the French, up the Madrone to the Starflower, and then Tres Sendas down to the Stream Trail. After a refreshment stop at Trail's End we returned on the Bridle trail back to the start.

Outing of the East Bay Casual Hikers on an out-and-back trip starting at the Briones Overlook and heading to the Bear Creek staging area on the Bear Creek trail through EBMUD land.

Valley Spokesmen club ride starting at the San Leandro Marina and heading north past Oakland airport to Alameda and Bay Farm islands with a stop at the USS Hornet carrier at the former Naval Air Station.

Valley Spokesmen traditional New Year's Ride from Danville to the summit of Mt. Diablo (3849'). Sunny but rather chilly day with the temperature in the 30s for most of the ride. Fortunately not much wind so it was really quite pleasant at the summit. But some fog/smoke rolled in from the east so we didn't get as nice a view as we had expected.

Outing of the East Bay Casual Hikers in Sunol Regional Park. Starting near the park headquarters we headed up the Canyon View, Indian Joe Nature, Indian Joe Creek, and Cave Rocks trails to Eagle View Road, and continued on the Eagle View trail to Welch Creek Road. After descending .

Valley Spokesmen club ride starting at San Ramon Central Park and heading over to Castro Valley via Schaefer Ranch. We then headed up 5 Canyon Pkwy. to Fairway before descending Hayward Dr. past the campus and through town to A St. and then Grove through Castro Valley on our way back up Dublin Canyon and into Dublin and San Ramon.

Valley Spokesmen club ride starting at Diablo Vista Park south of Blackhawk and heading out Camino Tassajara/Highland/Manning to Livermore. After riding through town we had a refreshment break at the Starbucks on Vineyard before returning through Pleasanton, Dublin, and San Ramon.

East Bay Casual Hikers outing starting at the Valle Vista staging area near Moraga. Our start was on an EBMUD (water district) trail and we then crossed Pinehurst Rd. to continue into Redwood Park. We climbed to the East Ridge trail and then descended on Prince Rd. down to the Stream trail.

East Bay Casual Hikers outing in Briones Regional Park

Valley Spokesmen club ride starting from Diablo Vista Park in Danville and heading up to the Junction Ranger Station and then descending the north side into Walnut Creek. After refreshments at Sweet Affair bakery we returned on the same route.