Thanks

Special thanks to Jon, John, and Matt for making our trip possible and allowing us to stay at your place with such short notice. We all appreciate it very much.

We rode maybe 4 miles before stoping in Cambria to have hot drinks and lunch at Indigo Moon... second breakfast/early lunch = the benefits of cycling

After breakfast it started raining! We all started getting wet and cold, so we tried waiting out the rain under the rain-fly. We waited for maybe 30 minutes and then decided to start riding.

Breakfast burridos in the morning, mmm...

The San Simeon beach had lots of cool rocks and a nice sunset.

We took a few days to go to the coast and practice using our gear. Everything was loaded up into the truck and parked at John Gist's house in San Luis Obispo. The next morning we rode our bikes 40 miles up Highway 1 to San Simeon, where we set up camp for the night. The first day was sunny with blue sky. At the end of day one everyone had sore butts, but for the most part we all did pretty well.

There is somewhat of a dilemma. Phillip and I have been given a guidance book on cycling the Pacific Coast. The preface of the book explains why cyclists should ride from North to South and NOT South to North (which we have been planning to do). The author has ridden both ways and strongly concludes that the headwinds which blow from the north suck the fun right out of the entire trip. He says riding against 50mph headwinds becomes a consistent chore. The wind is so strong that it pushes cyclists to a stop as they ride downhill... uuuhggg... (this is the third time we have heard this news) The rest of the book talks about how exciting and enjoyable it is to ride the Pacific Coast from North to South... riding with the wind, instead of against it...

This is something we must think about...