38.5 miles, 1300 feet of climbing, no road kill
We are done! D-O-N-E done.
Today's ride was a super fast, easy ride down the coast and inland to SLO. Beautiful scenery and easy riding.
We saw our single speed stud-ette again today, just when we were starting out from Cambria. The story gets even better as we spoke to her for a while about her bike. Arn pedaled up to her and noticed that she was riding with sneakers and flat pedals and asked what was up.
In life, the simplest explanation is often the best and the simple explanation was at work here. She wasn't training for anything. It was the only bike she has so that is what she rode. Flat pedals, single speed, only a front brake. She didn't even know what her gear ratio was (Arn estimates about 48-21). She is riding Seattle->LA. Wow.
We are glad to be done with the loaded touring though looking forward to a number of rides without weight on our bikes before heading back to Seattle. We think we are making a good decision to stop here as the traffic will start to become much, much worse once we get south of Lompoc and within 25 miles of Santa Barbara. Day rides will be much more enjoyable!
Check out our next post for some overall impressions of the trip. Thanks for all the comments and notes!
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Congratulations! The last days seem to have been a perfect ending for a long trip.
We look forward to getting together with you when you are back in the land of wet.
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