From San Francisco, we caught a ferry to Vallejo to avoid the hectic bay area riding. In our first true segment riding east, we could notice a significant change in climate. No longer did the wind cool itself over the water to give us the refreshing, sometimes cold breeze. In two days, we covered the distance between Vallejo and Sacramento. In between we enjoyed the flat and straight farmland, and as an added bonus, a tailwind. As we began our second day, it was clear we had reached the Davis vicinity; recreational riders were coming and going all along the route into town.
I was especially excited to ride through Davis because of its noted reputation as a bicycling city. People from many different walks of life were riding around town as if we had reached Copenhagen or Amsterdam instead of a farm community in California. In consideration of all the bells and whistles included in the Davis bicycling infrastructure, I was most excited about the cycling roundabouts. Not only are they extremely fun to ride around, the functionality is far superior to the standard intersection most commonly seen at the convergence of two bike paths.
Sacramento was a great place to stay for a few days. Although we rode only two of nine days between our stays in San Francisco and Sacramento, we took the opportunity to soak in the cultures of two very different Californian cities.
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