Day 26 June 19th

Day 26 June 19^th

(This is actually from last night, great sunset though!)

Stats: 95.69 Miles, 8:09 Hours, 11.7 MPH Average, 38 MPH Top Speed, low 100’s and super sunny!

I forgot to mention my new friend Asher, who at 17 and just a senior in high school is riding from San Francisco to San Luis Obisbo. Keep riding Asher, your doing the right thing!!

Well I got up early today to go for the big 100 mile mark, and things started off rough. I drank some of the campgrounds water last night, which I think was not potable, and woke up with a bit of a stomach ach, to top that off the air was warm and heavy with the smell of fire. My tent was even covered in ash when I awoke, and to add to that I still had the last two hills of the Big Sur to ride through. Either way I got on my bike and was on the road by 6:45.

The miles flew by, and the hills turned out to be fairly easy. I finished the hill section, and started the long flat journey to Morro Bay, which is where I got to see my first colony of elephant seals.

There they were, just fighting and sunning just a few feet from me, and other than the stink it was an amazing sight. The rest of the day rolled on smoothly, I was even told about a less hilly way to my destination which was great. However the less hilly way was also 5 miles shorter than the route I picked, so even though it was nice to cut some miles off I was not able to reach the goal of 100 miles in one day.

Another time I guess. Anyway, I am just south of Pismo Beach, a sand dune Mecca for ATV’ers, and have a great camp spot walking distance from the ocean, so… So long for now, I am going to hit the surf and cool off a bit.