Day 21: Sleeping in late means a late start huh?
(Sunset Beach SP to Pfeiffer-Big Sur SP)
date: Sunday August 25, 2002
daily miles: 72 miles (116 km)
total miles: 1,596 miles (2,569 km)
The marina in Monterey
Slept in again this morning. Then finally got my act together to make it to Monterey and somewhere south of there today. Rolled out of camp at 11:30am -- I did tell you that I did sleep in late. Nothing like starting the day literally at noon.
It was a crazy route via bike paths and backroads and blind intuition to get through the Monterey Peninsula today. Remember my no Kirkendall book thing (and no Adventure Cycle maps either). No major problems though. Skipped the 17 mile drive deal -- I've seen Pebble Beach too many times and no need to ride it on a bicycle.
Beautiful sights once I hit Seaside today (the rest was farm country) and progressed down PCH (Pacific Coast Highway). Bits of fog though which made visibility today at times to be about five feet --- I'm tired of this fog thing! Ended up getting out my old searing eyeball yellow jacket -- it is insanely bright and makes the Pearl Izumi yellows look very dull in comparison.
Big Sur -- south of Monterey
Killer winds right before the Big Sur area. I was truly surprised I could keep the bike and BOB on the road at times -- BOB was having his own party behind me and wasn't cooperating that well. He was truly doing scary things and amazingly I wasn’t hit. But things cleared up as I rolled into camp tonight so the last ten miles wasn't that bad.
But it's sleep time for this kid -- I'm exhausted!!
Mark
