A gorgeous afternoon cruise with considerably nicer temperatures at the coast than inland. The perfect day to be in Pacifica... except for the crazy holiday traffic on Hwy 1. The ride starts and ends with alpacas so already it's a 10/10. :) Catherine and I have both been curious to see what the trail south of Planet of the Apes is like. Well I can tell you it's really steep but bikeable. And luckily my legs felt a lot better today than they did on Saturday. Towards the top it's bare granite. At the top there are 360 degree views and it was perfectly clear. I wasn't sure what the descent was going to be like given how steep it was coming up but it was actually really nice. I'm also glad I installed fresh brake pads before the ride. :) Instead of taking the normal long way down or even the steep straight trail down, we took a MTB trail down.... because Catherine was on her full suspension and wanted to do this singletrack. At first I was going to take the normal route and meet her at the bottom but I thought, might as well try it. So once again, I was MTB'ing on my gravel bike. There were some really gnarly rooty sections that I amazed myself and rode down. There were several SUPER steep roller coasters that neither of us did. Overall the trail was just the right level of gnarly vs. steep to be fun. A really fun ride overall. Finished it off with some burgers at Burger Board in Pacifica.