Day 11 Santa Barbara to Leo Carrilo State Beach

Miles 48.77 (Total 470.99)

Climb 725

We went through Ventura and Oxnard today and had a great mix of scenery.  We had city travel, agriculture (saw many fields of the colored peppers you get in the store) and coast line today.  We also rode by a Naval/Air Base in Ventura.  It was a lot flatter than we have ridden in the past, as you can tell from the Climb number. The skies were overcast today, which makes some nice riding weather since it stays cool and you don't have to worry about sun screen as much, but I think it takes a lot of the color out of the ride.

I have found that I am getting tired of PB&J sandwiches for lunch and have been stopping to get something to eat at restaurants. Today I stopped at IHOP in Ventura and had a delicious breakfast. For dinner tonight, they cooked some steak, corn on the cob and salad, with apple pie for dessert. As far as dinners go, we eat very well.

Here are a couple other people we are riding with:

This is Mike from San Francisco.  He was one of our cooks for tonight.  He loves sports and is always talking about games and such that I know very little about. He spent 33 years of his life as a police officer in San Francisco.  He called it 33 years of serendipity.

Sandy fron Phillidelpia.  She has been on quite a few bicycle trips including riding across the US from San Diego to Jacksonville, FL. 

We had this great bike path along Highway 1 for about 7 miles today.

These type of bike lanes are very common on the trip.  We see these words often on the road. There are a lot of people that bike the pacific coast and the path is quite clearly marked in many areas.

With signs such as these.

For Kaitlin's benefit.  This is where her mission home was when she served her mission here.

The naval/air base.

Just a look at where we have been riding.

This is where we are camping tonight.  It was fun watching these kids surf.

Another beautiful sunset.  It sure is a glorious world or Heavenly Father has created for us.