{"id":9223,"date":"2015-03-04T20:53:19","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T20:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/?p=9223"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:00:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:00:45","slug":"whole-foods-larkspur-landing-hotel-join-american-river-parkway-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2015\/03\/04\/whole-foods-larkspur-landing-hotel-join-american-river-parkway-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Whole Foods &#038; Larkspur Landing Hotel Join American River Parkway Ride!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.bikeroute.com\\\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\\\/2015\\\/03\\\/04\\\/whole-foods-larkspur-landing-hotel-join-american-river-parkway-ride\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:58030937}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 525px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"525\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 525px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"525\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2015\/03\/04\/whole-foods-larkspur-landing-hotel-join-american-river-parkway-ride\/llexterior_destination\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1096\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"521\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"9226\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/llexterior_destination.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"459,218\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;FinePixS2Pro&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1081883654&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;19&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"llexterior_destination\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/llexterior_destination.jpg?fit=459%2C218&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/llexterior_destination.jpg?fit=459%2C218&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/llexterior_destination.jpg?w=1096&#038;h=521&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"1096\" height=\"521\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"1096\" data-original-height=\"521\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"llexterior_destination\" alt=\"llexterior_destination\" style=\"width: 1096px; height: 521px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>On Sunday May 24,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.larkspurhotels.com\/larkspur-landing\/folsom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Larkspur Landing<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0 a \u00a0luxury hotel in Folsom, CA, ranked #1 for \u00a0area lodging by Trip Adviser travelers, is going to send us down the American River Parkway with wholesome and delicious breakfast foods and drink supplied by nearby <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wholefoodsmarket.com\/stores\/folsom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Whole Foods Market Folsom<\/strong><\/a>. \u00a0After we meet there at 9 AM, soon the smooth asphalt of the car-free American River Parkway trail (<a href=\"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/02\/26\/nations-best-national-bicycle-greenway-example-american-river-parkway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">multi-media podcast of the Riverway<\/a>) will carry us away as we look out on a peaceful river set against the browning tall grasslands in which oak, manzanita and other scrub trees have taken residence.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A gentle downhill run, we will wonder at all the ways our pedaling efforts have been made easy when we encounter potential obstacles such as the occasional road, bridge or dam, even it&#8217;s fishery. After a short while of a ride that just feels too good to be real, we&#8217;ll take a refreshment break at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wholefoodsmarket.com\/stores\/sacramento\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Whole Foods, Sacramento<\/a><\/strong>. Located one safe bicycle mile from the river, our stop will have been worth it.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>And indeed we will be fully recharged with energy food and drink, even air conditioned surroundings before we head into the final stretch to <a href=\"http:\/\/oldsacramento.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Old Town Sacramento<\/a> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/embassysuites3.hilton.com\/en\/hotels\/california\/embassy-suites-sacramento-riverfront-promenade-SACESES\/index.html?WT.mc_id=zMWWAAA0EA1WW2PSH3Search4DGGeneric7GW842004&amp;WT.srch=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Embassy Suites on the River<\/a><\/strong> \u00a0where yet another reception, TBA. \u00a0awaits us!<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Sign up at \u00a0&lt;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.celebrations.com\/yd5z2kc2zd575tzma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/strong>&gt;. Space is limited&#8230;&#8230;..<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday May 24,\u00a0Larkspur Landing,\u00a0 a \u00a0luxury hotel in Folsom, CA, ranked #1 for \u00a0area lodging by Trip Adviser travelers,&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2015\/03\/04\/whole-foods-larkspur-landing-hotel-join-american-river-parkway-ride\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,99,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-american-river","category-mayors-ride","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-2oL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9317,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2015\/04\/04\/whole-foods-sacramento-to-send-us-off-with-a-picnic-after-energizing-us\/","url_meta":{"origin":9223,"position":0},"title":"Whole Foods Sacramento to Send us Off with a Picnic after Energizing us !","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"April 4, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"On our 9th ride on the American River Parkway (ARP) from the beautiful Larkspur Landing hotel\u00a0 (NBG riders can save 20% on a room HERE) where Whole Foods Folsom will be set up to send us off with delicious continental breakfast foods, we'll pedal bicycle heaven for 14 miles before\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;American River&quot;","block_context":{"text":"American River","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/american-river\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/discoverypark.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10701,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2016\/05\/16\/10th-folsom-to-sac-mayors-ride-this-sunday-522-join-eagle-to-sac-option\/","url_meta":{"origin":9223,"position":1},"title":"10th Folsom to Sac Mayors&#8217; Ride this Sunday 5\/22 (join Eagle to Sac option)","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"May 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Who wants to do an easy\u00a0 ride from Davis to the State Capitol in Sacramento\u00a0 this upcoming Sunday 5\/22 with me and my Eagle? 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