We talked with a couple in the hiker/biker campground this morning from France, Mike & Sue, who are riding their bikes from Vancouver to San Diego and then back to Los Angeles where their daughter lives. We actually had previously met them at a pull-off along the road. They have done a lot of bike touring all over the world.
After 4 nights camping, Sharla was telling Ed it was about time for a motel. The only campgrounds were 26 miles away or 70 miles away. Ed suggested we could either go the 26 miles and stay in a campground or go 65 miles to Lompoc and stay in a motel. Sharla chose going for the motel which ended up being a 70 mile ride since the motel was on the other side of town. This is a new record for the distance travelled in one day. We traveled on a lot of flatter, agricultural terrain which was inland and not particularly scenic but we did have a 950' elevation gain mountain pass to cross near the end of the day. The wind was favorable and on some of the stretches we were cruising up to 20 mph. At the motel we got the laundry done and ordered to have a pizza delivered.
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