Month: May 2011

A man on a bike approaches with a ‘Suggestion. A Trip Changer’…

In the sparsely populated hills east of carmel valley, a random cyclist tells us of a special gourmet dinner, only on mondays, at “the last real roadhouse” where “farmworkers rub elbows with billionaires.” not quite, but surreal for sure. Great food, in any case. I had “Rabbit 5 Ways”. We camped in their parking lot, too tired to climb the 5-mile hill that dropped us off there.

WINDY dude!

Kinda hard day fighting headwinds. Stawberry and artichoke fields, pretty seaside views. Said goodbye to Manjula, Max, Brooke. Many bikers here at campside. Some very chatty dudes around while we cook dinner…. A hard day tourin still beats an easy day workin’.

Eating our way down the coast

So far, it’s been a great ride. The weather was perfect – warm and sunny and a nice tailwind. The coastline, as you might imagine, is gorgeous and much mellower than the northern ca coast in terms of terrain. The 50 mile a day pace leaves plenty of time for lounging about and eating lots of food. It seems biking is just what we do between snack stops. Many thanks to Manjula’s parents for not only letting us crash at their place but also making us an awesome dinner. And to top it off, we got a surprise visit from molly and andrea – too bad they broke the roller coaster so we couldn’t ride it. Also jeff followed this girl into a creepy cave with kiefer sutherland and now he keeps going on about living forever. That’s the one thing I never liked about santa carla – all the damn vampires.