Traveling and adventure on two wheels
Going into my first bicycle tour, I did a lot of research into the ideal gear to use and bring. For anyone considering a self-supported bicycle tour, I thought I’d put together a list of the gear I used, and for some of it, let you know why I brought
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Wit the bike tour done, it was time to catch the train back to the Bay Area. For that, Amtrak runs the Coast Starlight, a daily train from Los Angeles to Seattle. This would be a fun trip. For a bicycle tourist, the first great thing about the Coast Starlight
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The last day of the bicycle trip had me starting at the edge of Los Angeles County. I woke up freezing cold again at camp. I had figured it might be warmer camping near the ocean, but Leo Carrillo’s campground is in a canyon that seemed to collect all the
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Day 10 was also shaping up to be a bit of a stretch day. This day I was due to ride just under 100km (65mi) from Santa Barbara to make my campsite at Leo Carrillo State Beach. To make things more complicated, I also had to deal with my flat
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So, thanks to my hasty planning of the second half of my trip, I accidentally booked my campsite for tomorrow night, outside Malibu, a day early. It should have been for two nights from now. Not wanting to forfeit my camping spot, I was left with the prospect of having
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The rest day (and rain) over, it was once again time to hit the road and continue south; this time on the actual Pacific Coast Bicycle Route! I followed Google’s directions taking me out of SLO via the airport on CA-227. But when I crossed the sign posting Pismo Beach
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Having met up with Rob, and with rain in the forecast it was pretty serendipitous that I had planned to take a rest day in SLO. And oh boy was it ever raining! From the moment I woke up, it was pouring rain. It gave me a chance to research
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After a great night’s rest at the historic Paso Robles Inn, I packed up and had breakfast across the square at the Red Scooter Cafe. Then it was across town to do the laundry at the laundromat. An hour or two later, I had nice, clean biking clothes again. Fresh!
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The night of day 4 went with my best night sleeping in camp, broken only by the occasional bout of coyote howling. I woke much better rested, and warmer, than my night at Pinnacles. With nothing to do but get on with it, I set out nice and early down
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It was pretty close-quarters camping at Pinnacles. The group site I was assigned was being shared by three other groups, so we got to know each other some. In the morning, one of the groups made a gourmet breakfast of bacon and eggs, while I made oatmeal, and another group
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