Costanoa to Marina

62 miles, 2050 feet of climbing, road kill (2 deer, 2 raccoons, 1 squirrel, 5 hawks, 8 unidentified furry things, 1 snake run over by Deborah - snake status unknown)

Today was an olfactory day - we had the best smells of the trip and the worst smells of the trip. We'll start with the worst even though that smell came last as we rode through Moss Landing - the armpit of the Central Coast. We've been through Moss Landing many times before in a car and it isn't a pleasant experience going by the huge power plant. Let's just say that it is much worse on a bike!

But, our best smell was the smell of strawberries. We rode through strawberry field after strawberry field. The vines were swollen with berries and the fields were full of workers harvesting the berries. Not surprisingly, a goal for lunch was finding a farm stand and enjoying some of those strawberries. We can say that that mission was accomplished.
Earlier this week, Arn talked to his mother and she asked, "What are you guys doing on your anniversary?" Arn replied, "I don't know Mom, we thought we'd ride our bikes."

Actually, tomorrow will be the last day of our 14th year of marriage and we will have an easy day pedaling past the Highlands Inn in Carmel Highlands on our way to Big Sur. And, on Wednesday, our anniversary, we'll have a long, hilly ride to Cambria where we are hoping to meet some friends and stay till Friday or Saturday. Then a short ride to SLO and the end of our bike tour!