Archive For The “West Coast Ride” 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 […]
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 Capistrano Beach to Encinitas 40 miles Between 80 miles yesterday and such an interesting host, we finally left Sue’s treasure cave about two in the afternoon. We rode past the San Onofre nuclear power station (That’s it, behind the trees.) and through Camp Pendleton Marine Base. Our map and a quick […]
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 […]
Saturday, June 23, 2012 Ventura to Santa Monica-ish 65 miles Another morning when we just could not get going. Until we hit the UPS store. We realized we wouldn’t need to camp anymore, since we had friends to stay with for the rest of the way to San Diego, so we mailed our camping gear […]
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 […]
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 […]