California by bike and bus

22–31 Aug 2025 · United States

10 days4 stops1 country643 km

Ten days, one rented bike, three Greyhounds, and Kasia's Yosemite list in my back pocket.

Day 1 22 Aug
1

San Francisco 🇺🇸

United States · 2 nights

Rented a bike at the Wharf like every tourist, rode it over the bridge like every tourist, loved it like every tourist.
Day 4 25 Aug
2

South Lake Tahoe 🇺🇸

United States · 1 night

Bus up, bike out along the lake. The water is the blue of a swimming-pool advert.
Day 6 27 Aug
3

Yosemite Valley 🇺🇸

California, United States · 2 nights

Upper Pines, a bear box, very little sleep.
Day 9 30 Aug
4

Marin Headlands 🇺🇸

Sausalito, United States · 1 night

A hostel in an old army building with a better view than any hotel in the city.

23 Aug

Golden Gate Bridge 🇺🇸San Francisco, United States
Rode across in the fog with a few hundred other rental bikes. Couldn't see the tops of the towers. Didn't matter.
25 Aug

Lake Tahoe East Shore Trail 🇺🇸Incline Village, United States
Three miles of lake beside the path, water so clear you see the rocks ten metres down.
29 Aug

Glacier Point 🇺🇸Yosemite National Park, United States
Half Dome going orange, then pink, then gone. Stayed for the stars. Froze.
31 Aug

Hawk Hill 🇺🇸Sausalito, United States
Pushed the bike up the last bit. The bridge from above, fog pouring through the gap.

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