27 February 2010 • 03:49 0
Fail #2: sun burn blisters
26 February 2010 • 02:53 0
Day 5: Santa Barbara
Amazing what good weather does for morale. Even with two flats, we made good time today, and 74 miles went by relatively quick. Lots of pictures today, since no rain! Ate giant farmers market strawberries, saw avocado trees, played with my friend’s new dog, and got some major new tan lines. Super attractive.
24 February 2010 • 23:21 0
Day 4: Lompoc
24 February 2010 • 01:57 0
Day 3: Pismo Beach
Today went splendidly. We woke up before dawn and hit the road in order to get into Salinas before 11 to catch the train for San Luis Obispo. After hellacious headwinds, rain, and mud, we made it to Salinas early enough to catch an earlier bus, putting us in San Luis Obispo 2 hours early. Upon arrival, we ate, drank wonderful coffee, then got back on the road to head to Pismo. After a brief bout of rain and an accidental 4 mile hill, we made it. Tomorrow onto Lompoc (Where? Exactly).
23 February 2010 • 06:58 0
Day 2: Back to Santa Cruz
After an emergency roadside rescue, 4 bike shops, and 8 hours of work, at 9 pm tonight, my bike was complete again. It took a new deraileur, 12 spokes, a chain, and a bit of frame bending, but my bike is better than new. After copious bribes (lunch, beer, etc), the total bill came to under $200. Could have been much much worse.
Plan for tomorrow is to get up at 6 and add the milage we were planning for today onto tomorrow’s ride, since tomorrow is our scheduled- oh-god-we-have-to-make-it-by-Sunday- train day. With only 40 miles of riding anyway, it won’t be bad to tack on some extra milage. Wish us luck!!
22 February 2010 • 19:29 1
Major Setback Numero 1
Deraileur lodged between frame and cassette. Broken chain. Broken spoke. For those of you that don’t speak bike: bad bad news bears.
Filed under: Travel, bike, bike go bang
22 February 2010 • 05:35 0
Day 1: Santa Cruz
Alive! Made it to Santa Cruz in one piece. First three hours in the rain combined with a crazy headwind made for an exciting morning. 10 miles from Santa Cruz, after the sun had set, Caroline got our first flat tire and finished just as it started raining again. Exciting day. Shorter day tomorrow. Onto Monterey in the morning!
21 February 2010 • 00:23 0
