Riding the East Bay Portion of the Bikepack the Bay route

Dan announced to some of us that on June 13th he'd ride the East Bay portion of the Bikepack the Bay route, used for a bikepacking race starting and ending in Fairfax, lapping the San Francisco Bay. Dan's route starts in El Cerrrito, and is mostly dirt along the ridge line to Union City. The idea is that you can link the start and finish with BART trains. I chose Sunday, 5/24 to ride a portion of it from near my house to the finish in Union City. I didn't study it carefully, but I figured it would be a chance to ride my local trails through an area I'd never ridden dirt - south of Highway 580 - to a BART station, where I could take BART back and get picked up by Lauren. I did that, with some friends, and I'm glad I finally rode the ridge all the way to the south bay, if Union City counts. That was cool.Dan had some words of wisdom for us, before we rode it:just a heads up on this route:Shortly before you go under the 580 you'll turn left on Crow Canyon road. The trail you will be…