@carolski A4 #BikeNite Many public parks with EXCELLENT access by biking and walking here, including along the #MontereyBay Sanctuary Scenic Trail's #MontereyCounty car-free section, e.g., Fort Ord Dunes State Park, Monterey State Beach Park, Window on the Bay Park, Monterey State Historic Park, San Carlos Beach Park, Lovers Point Park, and more. Scroll the following post for photos showing scenes along that trail: https://bikemonterey.org/intergenerational-ride-for-monterey-county-bike-month.html

Also many within very close bike/walk distance from the car-free coastal trail, e.g., for El Estero Park / Dennis the Menace Playground, only necessary to cross one street, Del Monte Ave, to get there.

For photos of Window on the Bay Park, scroll down our post about #Climate Reality Project, which features a gallery of that park: https://bikemonterey.org/act-on-climate-monterey-bay-chapter-climate-reality-project.html

#MontereyCounty #parks #CarFree #Coastal #Trail #Marina #Monterey #PacificGrove #Seaside #BicyclingMonterey #BikeMonterey #BikeTooter #PeoplePower #transportation

June 30, 3-5 PM PT
!END-DEPENDENCE DAY OF ACTION!

Monterey Bay chapter of the #Climate
Reality Project joins the Last Chance Alliance partners who are working to end dependence on fossil fuels.

In-person actions in Santa Cruz and Monterey. Info: https://bikemonterey.org/act-on-climate-monterey-bay-chapter-climate-reality-project.html

#ClimateReality #ClimateRealityProject
#ClimateRealityProjectMontereyBay
#LastChance

#ActOnClimate #ClimateChange
#MontereyBay
#SantaCruz #Monterey

#MontereyCounty #BikeTooter #BikeMonterey #BicyclingMonterey

Thank you to Kathleen Jones / @Kleen for her June 1 contribution to the #Bicycling #Monterey work!

A Northern Californian who likes to bike, including when visiting Monterey, Kathleen truly helps keep this grassroots volunteer effort going. How's that? Kathleen is a #BicyclingMonterey Pedal Pusher—an automatic monthly contributor. https://bikemonterey.org/about/financial-donations/donors

We'd love to bring Kathleen a bouquet of these #SweetPeas blooming in our backyard now. Alas, too many miles between us. We trust our #gratitude is felt across the miles.

To join her as a monthly contributor, or as a one-time contributor, in any amount, see: https://bikemonterey.org/about/financial-donations

#BikeTooter #BikeAdvocacy
#transportation #CarbonEmissions #ActOnClimate

Looking for #FarmersMarkets in #MontereyCounty? We've updated "Bike to Monterey County Farmers Markets." Included are list of markets organized by Everyone's Harvest, Monterey Bay Certified Farmers Markets, and West Coast Farmers Markets, as well as additional certified markets shared by the County of Monterey Agricultural Commissioner. https://bikemonterey.org/monterey-county-farmers-market-locations-spring-2023.html

Also provided is related info, e.g., resources to help you judge if something is really organically grown.

#BikeTooter #BuyLocal #FreshProduce #OrganicProduce #BikeMonterey #BicyclingMonterey

@IoanSaid We didn't know it was #LocalBikeShop day. Maybe that's why we updated our list of Monterey County's local bicycle shops earlier in April. :) https://bikemonterey.org/tips-for-tourists/need-something-maam

#BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #BicyclingMonterey #BikeMonterey

Questionnaire for #BikeMonth:

WHO: Wherever you live, and whether you’ve biked a little or a lot—or just want to, but something is holding you back—you are encouraged to respond to this #Bicycling #Monterey questionnaire. Tell us your ideas, opinions, or experiences.

If you formerly biked but have stopped, we want to hear from you too! The first respondents range in age from 12 to 54, and all ages are welcome.

WHY: Many things contribute to just how welcoming, pleasurable, convenient, and safe #biking is for a person, regardless of their age or ability. The combined responses will help raise awareness about the impacts, both positive and negative, of attitudes, behaviors, #infrastructure, and more on whether or not people #bike.

Heightened awareness is vital to bringing about positive changes—in individuals, institutions, and society at large!

https://bikemonterey.org/do-you-bike-or-want-to-make-your-voice-heard.html

Thank you.

#BikeTooter #BikeMonterey #BicyclingMonterey #MontereyCounty #BikeAdvocacy

#BikeTooter #BikeMonth #NorthAmerica

To help celebrate Bike Month (traditionally in May throughout US), #BicyclingMonterey invites your responses to questions about joys and challenges of #bicycling. Responses to be compiled for a special post to be published the last week of April. Details: https://bikemonterey.org/bike-buzz-spring-2023-news-from-bicycling-monterey.html #Bike #California #Question #Community #Ideas

#Bike Buzz: Spring 2023 News from Bicycling Monterey https://bikemonterey.org/bike-buzz-spring-2023-news-from-bicycling-monterey.html

When and where did we shoot this photo? In April 2011 at Laguna Seca Recreation Area; we were there for Sea Otter Classic, Monterey County's 4-day Celebration of Cycling. The 2023 SOC dates are April 20-23.

#BikeTooter #BicyclingMonterey #Bicycle #Festival

In honor of #WorldPoetryDay, here's a photo of my bicycle at Stevenson House in downtown #Monterey, taken on a sunny day in February 2010.

Today one of my brothers was lamenting #DaylightSavingsTime, and I automatically responded by reciting to him a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson, "Bed in Summer." (An excerpt: "In winter when the moon is bright, I dress by yellow candlelight. In summer, quite the other way, I have to go to bed by day.")

Grateful to our mom for reading "A Child's Garden of Verses" and other poetry to us. I treasure the old book she held when she first introduced us to Stevenson— "The Child's World: Volume 1, Stories of Childhood" (Chicago: The Child's World, Inc, 1954)—which included many other favorite poets too, e.g., Christina Georgina Rossetti and Rose Fyleman.

#ReadToAChild #SharePoetry #WriteAPoem #Poetry

#BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #BicyclingMonterey

It poured again in #Monterey County today—and we appreciate the rain! As for #biking in #rain, see our post "Rainy Weather Tips for People Who Bike"—which highlights advice from fellow #BikeAdvocates San Francisco Bike Coalition, @BikeEastBay, Cascade #Bicycle Club, #Bike Portland, Bike League, and Barb Chamberlain of Washington state. https://bikemonterey.org/rainy-weather-tips-for-people-who-bike.html
#BikeTooter #BikeMonterey #BicyclingMonterey