Friday, September 23, 2022

Optional camping. Arriving in the evening at Samuel P. Taylor State Park in Lagunitas. Evening meditation. Early morning silent walk. Five minute drive to Spirit Rock.

Saturday, September 24, 2022

5:30 am Volunteers arrive at Spirit Rock

6:00 Cyclists arrive at Spirit Rock

• Drop off food donations and baggage
• Prepare bikes, go to registration

6:30 Bell Rings, gather for brief meditation, talk, and announcements

7:45 Bell rings – relaxed riders depart
8:00 Bell rings – majority of riders depart

Rest stop – 14 miles – Hicks Valley Road
Rest stop – 30 miles – Two Rock Elementary School

11:30 Lunch – 50 miles – Sebastopol farmstead
12:30 Dharma talk with Ayya Sobhana
1:30 Blessing of the bikes and departure

Rest stop – 64 miles – Old Felta Schoolhouse
Rest stop – 80 miles – Asti Road

Arrive KOA campground – 84 miles – Showers, swimming, appetizers, yoga, QiGong
3:00 – Riders begin arriving.
5:30 vegetarian dinner
7:15 dharma under the stars

Evening Meditation at Campground in prior year

Sunday, September 25, 2022

5:50am quiet bell, optional morning meditation
6:30 breakfast
7:40 Monks chanting as bicycles depart

Rest stop – 14 miles – Rock Shop

10:00 – 32 miles – City of Ten Thousand Buddhas. Tour, meditation instruction, lunch

Rest stop – 36 miles – Lion Park

Arrive Abhayagiri Monastery – 54 miles – Showers, tours, photos

4:00 to 5:00 Dharma talk, chanting, giving thanks, closing ceremony
4:45 cleanup, lost & found, saying goodbye
5:15pm departure of charter bus

8:00 Arrive Spirit Rock – collect bikes and gear, and head for home!