70 Miles Along the Central Coast

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We made it through Big Sur! We camped along the river at Phieffer State beach and then got up before the sun to head out for the hilliest ride yet. It was a 70 mile day and filled with climbing, but cycling through the early morning in the light fog along that coastline was epic. 


The next day we continued another 56 miles to a campground south of pismo beach. That ride was great too, we stopped in a coffee shop in cambria and stopped again for lunch in Cayucas. I finally got my smoked albacore sandwich from Ruddells that I've been dreaming about and describing to Colin since we got off the train up north. 


Last night we went for an early evening swim at pismo beach and then sat at a mexican restraunt across from the campground and drank margaritas. Were not ready to leave here! 

Today's ride is going to be hard...at 65 miles the route turns inland and goes through lompoc before returning back to the coast. Tomorrow we will be in Santa Barbara though and we plan to take a rest day and live it up by staying in a hotel. 

We feel like we've crossed the line into southern California now that we've made it to SLO, no more Safeways- now its Von's. The beaches are sandy, warm and with friendly surf. We still have not met great weather yet on this trip, we shivered in the ice cold fog through Monterey and big sur and more fog/weather even inland of San Luis Obisbo but we're hoping the sun will come out for us as we make our final stretch to the Mexican border.  - Gillian

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  1. HannaMomJuly 20, 2012 at 5:55 PM

    Yahoo! You're almost to the Mexican border. I hear you're meeting up with Jesse/Katie. Take some pics and have fun! Debbie

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