South Monterey County
King City Ciclovía, a Monterey County Open Streets Event, a Monterey County Open Streets Event
2025 update: King City’s third Ciclovia event is scheduled for October 19, 2025, noon to 4 p.m. NOTE: Photos and info below are from the first Ciclovia King City(now known as King City Ciclovia), April 14, 2019. See all Monterey County Open Streets / Ciclovia locations since 2013. 2024: King City’s second Ciclovia…
“Woodstock of Triathlon,” Wildflower Triathlon Experience, in South Monterey County
Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/WildTriMRY Photo above is the San Antonio River at Interlake Road (G-14). The river is 58.8 miles long and flows into Lake San Antonio. Photo courtesy of Jody Emerson Quintana. To really know Monterey County, take time to go beyond the typical tourism destinations such as the Monterey Peninsula’s Carmel…
Earth Pilgrim in Monterey County and beyond: Jody Emerson Quintana
Update: Jody no longer maintains her Earth Pilgrim blog, so all links to it have been removed from this post. We are otherwise leaving this post intact. California native Jody Emerson Quintana, a resident of Monterey County since 1972, embarked on a pilgrimage by bike on May 1, 2017. She began this journey from the Carmel Mission…
Volunteers needed for bike safety trainings at local elementary schools
For 2015, the Community Foundation for Monterey County and the Monterey Peninsula Foundation are funding Bike Smart, a program of Ecology Action of Santa Cruz, to work with more schools in Salinas, and this year, in Castroville too. Bike Smart is seeking local volunteers to help them carry out this work.