Up and at them to get over the two remaining big hills before the tourist traffic starts. Most of the vehicles on California 1 around here are either RVs, obviously rented because it says so in big letters on the side, or big rental cars containing families who stop at every view point, or middle-aged […]
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Off we go to Big Sur on another cool and foggy morning. I’d hoped not to have to climb the big hill between Monterey and Carmel, but we’re not allowed on the freeway, so up we go. We eventually ride through Carmel, stop at Safeway to buy food, and then hit the twisty little road […] Up bright and early courtesy of being booted out at 9am. This bit of the ride is through miles and miles of fruit farms, mostly strawberries at first, then artichokes. It’s still foggy and cool. These are strawberries. We pass through the town of Moss Landing, chiefly distinguished by it’s power station, obvious […] Well, everyone we’ve met has said that we ought to stay at the hostel at Pigeon Point because it’s next to the lighthouse, and it’s nice, so that’s what we’re going to do. This makes for a short day, about 20 miles, so we linger at the campsite and then have breakfast in Half Moon […] So, we stayed for three nights in San Francisco. We both felt tired, and decided our legs could do with a proper rest. Our motel is about as far out of SF as is possible whilst still being on the Muni: we’re actually at the end of the N line. It’s about a 45 minute […] OK, let’s get it over with. Here it is. The Golden Gate Bridge after we’ve cycled over it, 1240 miles after leaving Vancouver. Looks nice, doesn’t it ? Anyway, we pulled out of the campground at about 8:15 and rode down towards Fairfax for breakfast. It’s a Saturday morning, so there aren’t many […] Another multi-day post. Apologies, but wifi is hard to come by in the remoter bits of Northern California ! Anyway, this is a monster four-day post as we approach San Francisco. It’s a foggy, cold day as we leave Van Damme. There are a lot of bridges to nowhere this morning. The […] Today we have to ride over the highest hill on the entire route: about 2000 feet. We’ve had a fairly rubbish night as the hiker-biker site is very small, and there were quite a few of us in it, so it was noisy, and we were driven into our tents early because of the flaming […] We’re leaving the Redwoods park today, but we’ll be camping in another grove tonight. So we max out on the log attractions, including a drive-through tree. And a house made out of a single log. Sheesh. We strike out into open country, still following the Eel River. We leave […] No particular rush today, so we get up and cycle into town for breakfast, which we have here. Not in the guns and ammo place, but in the Hot Brew. Very nice too, especially the blueberry pancakes. Then we split up: Diane buys food in Safeway, and I cycle up the road to buy a […] |
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