It’s cloudy again this morning, evidently a rare event in Lompoc. We set off along Highway 1 again, turning up a canyon heading back to the sea. This climbs a thousand feet in about 14 miles, but there’s a hill down at the other end. It’s hot, hot, hot by the time we get there.
We zoom down the hill and rejoin the busy Highway 101, running right by the coast. Our final destination, the Mexican border is about 20 miles beyond San Diego.
After a not particularly interesting ride, we arrive at Refugio State Beach, which is lovely. We set up in hike-bike.
This is within about 20 feet of the beach, possibly the closest we’ve been to the sea.
We have a nice evening chatting to other bikers, drinking beer purchased from the camp store, and listening to the Pacific.
The next morning, Diane is in happy mood. We’re on a bike path to avoid cycling on the freeway.
Unfortunately, the path is closed when we get a couple of miles along it. It’s falling into the sea. We go round the obstacle with a bit of carrying and the like.
We wind up back on the coastal freeway. We’re supposed to exit, but they’re having a few words with the slip road, so the Pacific Coast Bike Route is diverted. Basically, this means staying on the freeway to the next junction.
Eventually, we hit suburbia, and then Santa Barbara, which has a nice bike path.
Eventually, we pop off the end of it and onto a road which parallels the almost stationary freeway, until we reach Carpinteria, where we’ll spend an extra day. They have more muriels here.
We have a nice rest day, mooching about the beach, drinking margaritas and listening to a Johnny Cash tribute act in the local park. We like Carpinteria.
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