We began our ride from Santa Cruz after going to bed a 8PM – exhausted from the day before's ride. Today, the ride took us through Soquel, Aptos, Moss Landing, Monterey, Carmel and up to Big Sir. We enjoyed fabulous weather with great riding through some hills after leaving Santa Cruz, then through the fields of flower growers and artichoke Farmers on the Monterey Peninsula.
After the hills out of Santa Cruz, most of the ride to Monterey was via farm roads and bike paths. All was well until we hit a huge hill climbing from Monterey to Carmel along hwy 1. After the climb, we enjoyed lunch in Carmel Valley, then struggled with the last 25 miles into Big Sur. The hotel Gary chose, was the Big Sur lodge which was located UP yet another hill in the National Forest. Great hotel, no TV, no telephone and no internet – thus the blog today one day late. 78 miles today and we both are tired.
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