Biketripping

Today I went riding through the port with the Oakland Museum's biketripping docents. The museum has been leading historical Oakland bike trips for 30 years. It's a great way to learn about Oakland history. Carpentier who did much of the work in founding the city was quite a scoundrel as I imagine many sucessful people were back in the day. Trains and the port were always an important part of Oakland. The history of the Pullman porters sounds interesting and is something I'll have to read more about someday. I learned more about the Oakland mole, built in 1882 by the Southern Pacific and used as a terminal for the ferry to San Francisco. Way back 100 years ago you could take the train to Oakland, the ferry across the bay and get on the cable car or another train and continue to your destination. Not too different from today. I also learned where they have some of the sideshows but I think I'll stay away from that activity until they start selling tickets.