Hello all!
Writing you over a dirty chai and way too many baked goods at the Verve cafe in Santa Cruz (or as I like to say, Cruth).
Sarah and I set off from San Francisco at around 12pm, weaving through sad looking suburbia and magnificent coastal views. Drill sargent Cristina only allowed for a quick lunch stop in Half Moon Bay at the beach then we had to keep moving because those 70 miles weren't going to ride themselves.
We stopped for some produce at a roadside stand and graciously accepted some (fresh and cold!) water from a lady not realizing that this was indeed the 27 mile stretch without any water (and this was all I could talk about for two days and here I go and forget. Thanks to this lady we were hydrated and managed to make our way to Davenport with no issues. We rode through eucalyptus and pine and I just cannot tell you how much I love the smell of pine needles being baked in the sun.
In Davenport, we met our most wonderful Warmshowers hosts, Pam and Scott, the most hardcore retired couple we've ever met. He's a bike mech extraordinaire and she still does ski patrol. They both do crazy long cycle tours and participate in the Kinetic competition every year building crazy man (and women)-powered ATVs.
Today we go from Santa Cruz to Big Sir. Wish us luck!
Writing you over a dirty chai and way too many baked goods at the Verve cafe in Santa Cruz (or as I like to say, Cruth).
Sarah and I set off from San Francisco at around 12pm, weaving through sad looking suburbia and magnificent coastal views. Drill sargent Cristina only allowed for a quick lunch stop in Half Moon Bay at the beach then we had to keep moving because those 70 miles weren't going to ride themselves.
In Davenport, we met our most wonderful Warmshowers hosts, Pam and Scott, the most hardcore retired couple we've ever met. He's a bike mech extraordinaire and she still does ski patrol. They both do crazy long cycle tours and participate in the Kinetic competition every year building crazy man (and women)-powered ATVs.
Today we go from Santa Cruz to Big Sir. Wish us luck!
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