Today was without a doubt one of the most spectacular days ever on an Amazon Heart ride. 
We woke to a beautiful sunrise over Clear Lake at Konocti, and had a fantastic breakfast at
the resort before loading up the bikes.

We discovered that we had become front page news in the local paper today, and as we rode
out of town there were plenty of friendly waves and cheers through the little towns and along
the gorgeous sweeping curves back to Calistoga.

We stopped again at our favourite BBQ stop - not to eat, but just to fuel up the Sportsters and
stretch before hitting a 40 mile run down the 101 Highway towards San Francisco.  The group
rode beautifully in formation, 24 bikes effortlessly changing lanes in unison, with the sweep
vans covering our rear and blocking lanes with perfect timing.

We stopped for a quick lunch at San Rafael before heading out for our main target for today -
the Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco.  Our route for the last two days has changed
because we discovered Fleet Week starts on Saturday, and millions of people are expected to
converge on the bay to see the ships and the spectacular Blue Angels precision jet flying team
from the Navy.

The sky was as beautiful and clear as every day this week, and as we belted back down 101
towards the city we saw our first glimpses of the city itself - spectacular.  We reached the bridge
all in perfect formation - 24 bikes and three vans and the view as we rode over together was
spectacular - even more so as we reached towards the end and a huge navy supply plane did
a low bank and pass over our heads.

The feeling of exhilaration as we turned off the bridge into a car park to regroup was incredible. 
Then, just because we could, we turned around and rode back over it all again!

As we rode through a tunnel to pass under the end of the bridge and loop around to ride over
again, we suddenly saw the Blue Angels in perfect formation roar low over our heads - they were
practicing for tomorrow's big show.  The girls cheered, and honked and waved and we couldn't
believe our luck - until we actually were riding on the bridge and they made two more low passes
directly over our heads!

On the north side of the bridge we pulled over at the Vista Point and watched the Blue Angels
perform the most amazing high speed manoeuvres directly overhead and over the bay and city
for half an hour.

Then we took a group photo in front of the bridge, and got back on the bikes to ride a quick 10 miles
back up the freeway to our new overnight stop, the Four Points San Rafael hotel, who had kindly
provided rooms for us at the last minute when we changed our route this week.

We came together as a group for our final night, and shared stories of the ride and what this incredible
journey has meant to us.  There were tears, laughter and joy, and an incredible sense of family that will
stay with all of us for years to come.

Tomorrow is our final day - we will head out to Sonoma through the wine country, and then down the
East Bay to finish at McGuire Harley-Davidson in Walnut Creek.