Fell asleep to the waves and thee wind. Fred was up at 6:00 checking the stock market on his Acer mini and Verizon broadband (a USB plug in). It was 6:45 for me. Early morning snack of an apple. We packed and started riding about 9:00.
We passed a terrific old bridge outside Refugio. And llamas grazing near the road. It is the little things you notice on a bike trip that you miss from a car.
We rode on Hwy 101 with a 10 mph tailwind until the Goleta turnoff and pulled into Bob's Bicycles. I heard a 'pop' after the first 1/4 mile and thought it sounding like a spoke, then I forgot about it. Turns out the spoke was broken. Bob's replaced the spoke and retrued the wheel. It is the rear wheel that carries most of the weight no matter how hard I try to front load the bike.
We had a late morning breakfast at Cajun Kitchen Cafe while the wheel was being repaired. A $5 special of 2 eggs, 2 strips bacon, and toast or pancakes. We needed the carbs! After the wheel was fixed and we finished breakfast we boarded our trusty steeds for a grueling 100 yard ride to Starbucks where we drank coffee and chatted with people. Cyclists as old as us on bikes heavily loaded like ours attract people with questions. Fred told everyone we started in Anchorage in February.
We rode the Coast Bicycle Trail thru Santa Barbara. A nice downhill past the upscale home in the Hope Ranch development. Then along the beach past Santa Barbara Harbor. We just rode slow and took out time.
We could see today's new wildfire in the hills near Santa Barbara. Hmmm, strong winds today. And blowing toward the city.
Eastward through Summerland to Carpenteria. 1st stop: Reynaldo Bakery on Linden Ave. for homemade tamales and beans. But not Mexican fruit bar ice cream ! Yikes! Turns out the freezer broke, so they dont carry the ice cream any more. Interesting business model. I suppose if the cooler broke, they wouldnt offer cold drinks or if the oven broke they wouldnt offer tamales.
We arrived at the campground about 6:00. It is next to the railroad tracks. I mean right next to the tracks, where when the train goes by you can look at the engineer and see he didnt shave this morning and has a little food stuck in his teeth. And it is noisy as he blows the horn a lot. It will be an earplugs nite for Wayne. Fred eschews such modern conveniences preferring the true wilderness experience, except for his laptop, cellphone, bank card, etc.
The campground is near the ocean. The showers are nice again tonite. $.25 for 2 minutes.
Today, May 5, 2009
Distance 44 miles
Saddle Time 4:30
Ave Speed 9.5 mph
max Speed 27.2 mph
Trip Total
Distance 66.5 miles
7 hours
Today expenses
Breakfast at Cajun Kitchen $12 total
Bike repair $32
Starbucks $5
7/11 drinks in Santa Barbara $3.50
Dinner at Reynaldos $11.50 total
Von's water, drinks $4.25
Carpenteria Campground $5
Pastry for brakfast $3 total
Lights out about 9:00 pm.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment