Back to the Coast

Yesterday I had some nice climbing to do right out of town. I waited for the fog to let up and then had around a thousand feet vertical climb. After the initial climb turf was continual rolling hills with occasional steep grades up or down. It was a beautiful ride through mountains and meadows and eventually went through a redwood forest. After the forest came the coast.

Some of the redwoods were thicker than my bike was long. Once I got to the coast I had some more rolling hills. This part of the PCH doesn't often get to sea level due to the numerous cliffs. It is very beautiful, however, and very majestic.

I rode north for a few miles and then entered a state park for the night. The great thing about many of the state parks on the coast is that they have hike/bike rates. I went and set up, preparing for the storm that was to start that night.

The storm did hit and rained quite a bit, but was done by 10am. I got an updated weather report from a diver and decided to move up the coast a little ways. This ended up being about 15 miles, but I didn't want to push the 45 to the next marked site. Perhaps there are other places, but I wasn't sure. I also decided this would let my stuff dry out.

The say the wind is supposed to get pretty bad tomorrow. I may have to stay for a day or two. It was said there would be rain all day today and I'm standing in sunshine. I hope to ride tomorrow, but the weather has the final say.