We made it through LA with flying colours, and are now headed towards San Diego to arrive in just 2 more days! Today we are headed from Newport Beach to a campground in San Clemente. Although we could definitely notice the smog, the beach front and the bike path by the water was absolutely beautiful... Continue Reading →

We had a wonderful day cycling through LA. We headed back towards the coast and followed the ocean front bike path. It was mostly filled with locals walking and jogging, and an incredible number of surfers. There were many surfers cycling and they have a special rack to hold their surf board along their bike... Continue Reading →

Today we head into Los Angeles, an absolutely enormous metropolitan area with eight separate cities around it! You can imagine how the thought of this makes the touring cyclist a bit anxious! Early in the morning we said goodbye to Mike and made our breakfast at the beach. Everything was wet and sandy but we packed up... Continue Reading →

We were up early in Carpenteria, especially since our hiker-biker site was right next to the train tracks. We made an early start for about 100m and Adam got a flat tire on his front wheel. We changes the tube like pros and were soon on our way. We followed bike paths out of town... Continue Reading →

We were subjected to our worst raccoon attack yet last night. The sound of the waves was so loud that we didn't hear them until they pushed our dishes off the picnic table. Adam ventured out and found they had eaten everything in our cooler, except the oranges and apples. This included two half full... Continue Reading →

We left Lompoc a bit later then we had planned since Adam was trying to update the blog but I had a wonderful time at Starbucks reading the paper and sipping my coffee. There sure is a lot to be said for some relaxation in the morning on occasion. We managed to find the bike path... Continue Reading →

We woke up to a rather colder morning. We wanted to jump right back in the hot springs but we had some miles to cover in the limited daylight and had to get back on the road. Shortly after starting I noticed my cycling odometer was flashing 9999.99km. We had hit 10,000km and the bike... Continue Reading →

We have been without internet for the last week but we have been typing up our entries diligently this past week (we just need to find the time to post them as we are in a bit of a rush right now).  It's been very cold at night but brilliantly sunny during the day. Forecast looks like... Continue Reading →

We got up very early, so early that it was pitch black and the stars were still all out. As expected it was a rather cold morning. I had planned ahead and setup firewood in the fire pit the night before which we lit with one match to get the fire going. We packed up... Continue Reading →

It was a very cold night, and a very cold morning. We packed up and had breakfast as quickly as we could, and headed to the lodge with our bikes to warm up before hitting the road. Once we did hit the road and were away from the shade of the damp Redwoods, we quickly... Continue Reading →