Friday, May 8, 2009

Day 4 Thursday, May 7 Carpenteria to McGrath State Beach


Up for breakfast at the Worker Bee. Before leaving Carpenteria, we saw serious felons outside the grocery store lined up in a chain gang. Their lips are discolored because they were forced by their teacher (oops, I mean "guard") to eat popsicles.(photo)

A leisurely ride to the downtown Ventura Historic district for healthy salad lunch at the Natural Grill. We are both eating healthily. No sodas yet. Generally only 2 full meals each day, and the afternoon meal is usually a large salad.

A nice ride around Ventura Harbor. We stopped at the Channel Islands national Park HQ. The Channel Islands sound like a great place to camp, snorkel and kayak. No bicycles or dogs allowed. Bart will be angry.

We arrived McGrath State Beach about 5:00 after a grocery stop at Von's. It isnt much except a campsite for sleeping and not a very nice campsite at that. Worse are the 60 year old showers which have hot water issues. We were each in our tents before dark. $5 each for the Hike and Bike.

It was another good day on bicycles.

Today
Distance 32 miles
Ave Speed 9.4 mph
Max speed 22.5 mph
Saddle time 3:25

Total to Date
Distance 106 miles
Saddle Time 13:05

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