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This weekend Koos rented a bike, Ruth took the used bike she bought here and off we went to cycle the Golden Gate Bridge. The entrance to the bridge is about 3 miles from our home. To our surprise we discovered that there is a long beach between the bridge and our home area, where people are going kite- and windsurfing.

It was a grey, windy day which fitted the industrial look of the bridge.

On weekends the left side of the bridge is reserved for cyclist while the right side is reserved for pedestrians.

It feels amazing to be on this huge steel construction, around 70 meters above the sea and feeling the strong wind, which the bridge has to resist.

Once on the other side you are in Marin County with a nice view over San Francisco.

We cycled further to Sausalito where all of a sudden you feel like being beamed into southern France, gone are the clouds, a bright sun shines on a calm blue sea with white sealing boats on it. Unfortunately we didn’t took a picture, so we have to go back to check that it was not just a Fata Morgana.