Saturday, Oct 20, 2012 67 miles - 4,900 ft of climb
Today was expected to be a very challenging day! The thought of scaling those hills (illustrated below) scared a van-full of riders off part of the route, if not all of it. It is always an option to get a 'bump' ahead 20 or 30 miles to shorten the day or eliminate an especially big climb. Many are being careful of knees, and/or wanted to do some touring of the area. San Simeon boasts Hearst Castle, which has very interesting tours.
The day was foggy almost the whole way...and I mean REALLY foggy! I have to admit there were quite a few long hills that wound around the jagged coast line between Big Sur and San Simeon. The last miles did smooth out, and we enjoyed seeing the pod of Elephant Seals on the beach.
OMG I LOVE the pictures of the seals!!! Yikes, yes, really foggy. Still very pretty.
ReplyDeleteOh, and something else... you want to tell me why Mike is so hard on her bike????
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ReplyDeleteI think Mike is just a very strong and enthusiastic rider! Falling down the embankment was because her new pedal clips were way too tight!
I am AMAZED at the climbing you are doing!! And I like the seals, too :))
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