I'm writing this while still out on the road on day two of riding. It has been a spectacular day - a huge amount of climbing but unbelievable views of the Pacific and craggy rocks, accented by hawks gliding overhead. We've been biking down the coastline, on California Route 1, and the views have been simply breathtaking.
Why blog now? Sixty miles in with 10 miles still to go (and 4900 feet of cumulative climbing already)?
Because I have cell service for the first time in about 36 hours. Which also explains why there was no blog entry for day one. Which in and of itself was also pretty spectacular - although a " mere" 64 miles. For much of yesterday we rode through miles and miles of redwood forests. Pictures alone cannot capture the majesty of those trees, although of course I tried.
I'd be remiss if I didn't add camping, so far, hasn't been bad. It's actually even been fairly pleasant, sitting out under the moon with some wine in the evening and then reprising that in the morning, but this time with the other nectar of the gods, coffee. And Ben, for what it's worth, the tent I brought would've been ridiculously small for the two of us, so we kind of dodged a bullet on that front.
If I have any connectivity in camp (and energy left) I'll try to post another entry with additional detail on the past two days. But it's also possible I'll be data and Wi-Fi free until Thursday.
But it's been a great ride so far.
Yours from the road,
Roger
