Sleeping under the redwoods was pretty awesome BUT like the night before I was FREEZING! Slept with 4 jackets on and an emergency blanket, yea those foil ones people have after running a marathon or something. Had to take another nyquil to go to sleep and woke up multiple times throughout the night shivering. But oh well
Woke up early and had some canned pasta for breakfast. Started a fire to cook them on.
Nothing beats pasta with a hint of ash in the morning.
Then got greeted by this 2-3 mile uphill climb right at the very start of the ride. I was freezing with a bunch of layers on but by the time we hit the top I was drenched in sweat.
The views were worth it though.
A lot of construction along the way.
On the left is a garden. A garden in the middle of nowhere and that guy in the white t-shirt was there maintaining it. Complete with sprinklers are everything.
Ran into this group of riders from across the country doing the same exact route we were doing except they were supported and being followed by a van. Pretty cool, they let us use their pump.
Stopped at this restaurant in the middle of nowhere. Not trying to stereotype but I think they were a bit racist. They were pretty mean and when we wanted to eat at the restaurant they said they were going to be closed for lunch and on top of that the lady told us that while she was eating a damn burger AND then 2 people came out of the restaurant with burgers in hand! Then the lady told us the next closest restaurant was 15+ miles away!...
I think their cat was even racist. It tried to bite me.
It took us a very long time to get out of Big Sur's rolling hills. After going through all those hills everything seemed so much easier though.
Rest of the ride for the day was pretty much the ocean to our right and dry hills on the left. 109 miles of riding that day. At least we ended up in San Luis Obispo and finally had a bed to sleep in.
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