PC_Day27

Day 27

Friday, 25 June 2004
Pacific Valley, CA to San Luis Obispo, CA
80.9 miles, 6h14m, 13.0 mph
Elapsed Time: 8h41m, Max speed: 40.1mph
Total Climbing: 3482ft, Max elevation: 752ft
Total mileage: 1599.5

We rolled out of the campground smelling fine. We stopped at Gorda for some snacks and to call Linda. Gorda is about twice the size of Lucia--the single building also has a gas station. Linda told us that we would be in the Ramada that night. Woo-hoo!

There were a couple more big climbs and then we rolled into Ragged Point, which was about twice the size of Gorda. After that we were done with the big climbs and we started to benefit from a tailwind.

One last stunning view.

There was a busy little state park near San Simeon that was lousy with elephant seals. There was a lot of barking and growling and sumo wrestling going on out there. But mostly there was laying in the sun. There were also about 25 very friendly and curious squirrels.

Elephant seals. I'm told these are juvies.

We rode up to the Hearst Castle's visitor center, but we weren't about to spend two hours and $20 to see the actual house, so we used the restroom and moved on.

Lunch was in Cambria, then there was a snack in Cayucos and a meandering ride through Morro Bay. Then there was a nice wind assisted climb over a desert-ranch-grassland kind of place.

Riding on the ranch.

The first thing we did when we got to SLO was get a fruit smoothie at a convenient juice bar. It was next to the Starbucks but I was drawn away from the bean and to the mango.

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