Day 32: Lets Do That Again!

Ride:  Big Sur to San Simeon

Distance:  70.0 miles

Total Trip Distance:  1,740 miles

When I turned off of HWY 1 into San Simeon state park, I had one thought on my mind:  I wanna do that again!  It had been 70 miles of perfect cycling.  One of those days when everything just felt right. Like a perfect ski run, or a pitch of climbing where everything just flows and your hands and feet effortlessly find the holds - and you just don't want it to end.  So once again, the pics are scarce because I was having too much fun to stop

The morning started off cool and dry - perfect for the medium sized climb right out of camp.  

There was also very little traffic today - and lots of "thumbs up" and cheers from the folks that passed me.

What makes this stretch so perfect for a southbound bike, is that you spend 90% of your time with a complete view of the ocean - here's sorta what it looks like

That rock wall is the guardrail

Oh, and today was a jackpot day for whale watching- I must have seen 50+ in one short stretch north of Lopez Point.  Including what looked to be a mother and her calf in a cove close to shore.

When the wind came up it was directly at my back so the last 20 miles were almost like cheating.....

Here's a flower from in front of the Big Sur library where I was using some free wifi (pro tip:  even if the library is closed, the "magic wifi machine " is likely still on and accessible.  

And some more food:

Camp tonight is at San Simeon State park - not the most scenic, but after today's ride that's quite alright ....:)