Post Ride Beer Stream of Consciousness
PRBSoC #18: Gyppo Ale Mill, Shelter Cove, CA
A road trip to northern CA for MTB and SUP, is why posts dropped off in June. I have a lot of catching up to do.
After Livemore, I went … Mendo-Humboldt/Eureka-Redding/Shasta-Lassen-South Lake Tahoe.
Burnin’ that gasoline, as they say. Admittedly, the open road and stunning landscapes had me feeling no guilt. I love to drive and having places to ride and paddle along the way had me feeling like a kid on summer vacation.
Writing. Articles. Editors. Emails. Zooms. Teaching.
Working the entire time, if you actually get down to it.
Not like the work I did in factories, on the farm, stocking shelves and all that came before university education. This work was about using a laptop to convey knowledge and experiences, verbally and through written word. Tapping keys and clicking a mouse. Screens illuminated, in hand and on a tabletop, lighting a way to make a living (teaching classes) and simply living and making a side hustle out of it (writing).
Fortunate, yes. Lucky, no. There’s a difference.
Twenty miles down a coastal country road and then a couple more miles down a forest road.
Out there in the King Range on the Lost Coast is a loop built for mountain biking. Feels like a long way to go to ride a bike. It was. Nevertheless, having gone, looking back, I’m glad I did.
Maybe it’ll become a new article. An experience to write about so that others might learn of it, ride it, appreciate it, and go. Go to where remote is accessible and when in the woods, you might think: I really don’t want to have a mechanical out here.
It’s a loop, though, so at worse, maybe you’d have to hike-a-bike 7.5 miles.
At least there’s beer not far away in Shelter Cove, if that would be your case. Likely not, is the reality. Still, there’s beer not far away for your post-ride grog. Grab some grub, too.
Self-proclaimed most remote brewery in California. Woman owned. Sit back. Relax. Salty air. Off the Redwoods Highway a bit.
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