Archive For The “Nomad” Category
San Diego!
By admin | July 4, 2012
Thursday, June 28, 2012 Encinitas to San Diego 22 miles We started out by having breakfast with Kay O. Like Sadie, Kay O had been on the Odyssey bike trip around the world in 2000 with Ben Willetts, which is how I met both of them in the first place. Kay O, who has completed […]
80 Miles
By admin | June 27, 2012
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 Santa Monica to Capistrano Beach 80 miles We spent two days off staying with Jess and Brent and their awesome Corgi puppy, Zelda, in Marina del Rey. We stayed in my good friend Chris’ room while she was still up at Sara’s in Ventura. We had two massages in two days […]
Friday, June 22, 2012 Santa Barbara to Ventura 46 miles We had a hard time leaving the house this morning. It was just too comfortable! We finally got three miles away, headed for second breakfast, when Sadie’s pedal fell off! The way that pedals are not supposed to come off. Luckily, we were 2.5 miles […]
We rode near Vandenberg Air Force Base on Wednesday. Did you know these things picked up bike speeds! I was so excited to get a picture of one while I was riding. On the bike path through Santa Barbara. Grey and white herons, sitting in a row… Bird on a telephone wire! When we were […]
Thursday, June 21, 2012 Refugio Beach State Park to Santa Barbara 20 miles The only way I knew for sure it was Thursday today is that I talked on the phone to my friend Charlie last night, just after he got home from bike polo, which I know he plays on Wednesdays. Ahhh, traveling. We […]
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 Oceana to Refugio State Park 75 miles We have left the gourmet, cozy part of the California coast and stayed last night in the economically depressed part, so there was no fancy bakery for breakfast. Our campground neighbors were both sad and creepy. Their daughter was staked out in the bathroom […]
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 Cambria to Oceano 54.5 miles We rode fast today! There wasn’t much climbing, and we had a helpful wind for much of the day. We took several long breaks, though, so it was a long day as usual. We had a terrific breakfast at Linn’s in Cambria. Polenta cakes! They also […]
Monday, June 18, 2012 Plaskett Creek Campground to Cambria 39.8 miles We had a quick first breakfast as we left our campsite, getting on the road at 8:58. That’s before 9:00! We stopped for second breakfast in Gorda, where you could pay over six dollars a gallon for gas. While we were eating, a couple […]
Sunday, June 17, 2012 Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park to Plaskett Creek Campground 34 miles Uh, yeah. We realized pretty quickly that we were at the bottom of that hill on the elevation profile, not half way up it. We started climbing right out of the campground. It wasn’t the steepest, but we didn’t get […]
Sweet!
By admin | June 18, 2012
Saturday, June 16, 2012 Carmel to Big Sur 29 miles The road out of Carmel went right past the Mission, so we stopped briefly to take pictures. People were gathering for a wedding there, so it wasn’t a very good time to tour it, anyway. What a sweet day of riding! We kept looking at […]