An excellent one-night bike camping trip to the Oakland hills, S24O-style.

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Knocking wild plums out of a tree after a long, swooping descent down Pinehurst:

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Camping among the eucalyptus in Anthony Chabot park.

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The next morning, instead of retracing our steps, taking a chance on a trail marked “hikers and bikes allowed”:

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After a short section of steep, rutted, nearly-unrideable downhill dirt, it opened up onto a wide, paved path around the shore of Lake Chabot:

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Route: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/8870948