The Solano County line, on highway 12. Just beyond this sign, there's a gentle but smooth 3-mile descent. The winds out of the west were so strong, I coasted to 40mph... :-)
The Solano County line, on highway 12. Just beyond this sign, there's
a gentle but smooth 3-mile descent. The winds out of the west were so
strong, I coasted to 40mph... :-)
Mount Diablo rises in the distance, over one of the few green fields
outside of Fairfield.
The town of Cordelia, just outside Fairfield. This picture shows the
Cordelia saloon, next to the fire house.
Heading east of Fairfield on hwy 12, out in the middle of nowhere,
I thought this was a funny street name. E.T. Road.
Beyond E.T. Road, I saw multiple planes taking off just overhead.
Like this one, they were painted plain gray. I can only imagine
that they were military planes...
Heading further east on highway 12, the highway traveled dead
straight, going up and down over constant rolling hills. For the
first few rollers, I thought it was funny, and even took a picture.
However, after 15 miles of this (in the shadeless central valley heat),
I was getting pretty sick of going up and down. I had chosen hwy 12
instead of a side road (suggested by my Krebs bike map), because the
side road's name was Montezuma Hills, and that sounded intimidating.
However, after experiencing hwy 12, I think the name is quite appropriate.
Finally, Rio Vista, on the Sacramento River. Perhaps the sun had
warped my memory, but this seemed like the first shade in 20 miles.