Doug's August 3rd through 9th - San Francisco to Los Angeles 546.9
mile bicycling and camping adventure
Our official start was from the base of the Golden Gate Bridge in San
Francisco on Sunday afternoon. |
Doug, Ron Misiunas (Doug's cousins son from
Indiana) and his friend John Hudec, Bob Kubinski & Liz Harvey. |
We stopped to watch a dozen hang gliders flying along the Fort
Funston cliffs (Liz, John, Ron) |
View point (John, Doug, Ron) |
Sunday was overcast and cold for California. We bought some wood
and had a nice fire at our Half Moon Bay campsite. |
Day 2
- Monday August 4
A 66 mile ride to Sunset Beach near Monterey. John & Doug at the
Pigeon Point Lighthouse. |
Toodling along as Doug calls it!
John & Ron cycling through Santa Cruz. |
Pelicans flying by in Santa Cruz.
John tests the waters. |
A short walk from our Sunset Beach State Park campsite over the dunes
took us to the Pacific.
Hey - we survived day 2! |
Ron & John trotting along the ocean |
That evening - superb seafood dinner at Phil's restaurant in Moss
Landing. "The Phil" himself joined us for this photo! |
Our Sunset State Beach Bike & Hike camp site. |
Day 3 -Tuesday August 5
Castroville - here Liz left us to ride solo to Salinas to catch a
train back to her Bay Area home. |
Lunch in Carmel at the Rio Grill with Doug's friends Jerry & Sharon
Hoffman and Jim & Sheila Lindgren. |
Bob, John & Ron enjoy the Highway 1 scenic views
from one of the many cliff pull outs.
We had a great campsite in Big Sur this night - right on a river.
A short walk to a great restaurant on the other side the river. |
Day 4 -
Wednesday Aug 6
Big Sur to El Morro Bay
Google Earth 3D map of part of the route from Big Sur from my
Garmin Forerunner 305 GPS. |
The GPS said
we did 9,002' of climbs this day.
Big Sur to El Morro Flyby Tour
Double click on this link and
wait for Google Earth to zoom in from orbit to the view that shows the
red outline of the entire
98.7 mile ride. Once it stabilizes, click on
PLAY TOUR button or select PLAY TOUR from the drop down TOOLS menu.
That starts the animated flyover of the entire course. Awesome!
Click
HERE for more
hints on setting up your Google Earth options for best viewing of
Flyby Tours. Especially will have to speed up the animation for
such a long path. |
Miles & miles of scenic beauty! |
John is grinning because after climbing the longest hill in his life
ever, he got to do the longest descent of his life! |
Break's over guys. Time to ride! |
At one of our breaks, the friendly squirrels nibbled into John's
pannier. |
Doug, John & Ron. |
Elephant seals bask in the sun just North of San Simeon. |
With the docent
 |
At El Morro State Park Campground with Dr. Mark. He & his
wife Nancy drove from nearby Arroyo Grande. |
Day 5 - Thursday
August 7
Along Highway 101 in Pismo Beach |
We passed several thoroughbred horse ranches along highway 135 on the
way to Buellton. |
Ron - proud of clocking his first one day 100 mile ride ever!
The total for the day was 111.4 miles |
Our cliff top camp at El Capitan State Beach - just North of Santa
Barbara & Goleta. |
Day 6 - Friday August
8
Passing through Santa Barbara |
Ron standing next to absolute PROOF why Californians are officially
called the Granola people - Nuts, Fruits and Flakes!
Some laughs to help
propel us through our longest day - 114.9 miles (or is
that art?) |
Point Mugu Air Park.
Does John possess super strength OR is it Photoshop? |
Biking into Malibu
An essential dip into the Malibu surf! Our last night was in
comfort in Playa Vista at friends Joan & Ravi's condo.
Day 7 -Aug 9 was 59.4 miles |
