Miles 65, Total 475
We started riding in some pretty thick sea fog. The moisture in the air was quite heavy. We camped last night on the Adventure Cycling route but the road was in such terrible shape, we decided to go back to 101 and ride that to the town of Trinidad about 5 miles. We did so and got on to the road again and it was still in terrible shape. We were committed at that point so hung with the road. The views from the road were fantastic, with rocks out in the ocean, people out on the beach in search of clams (I think), and a few surfers trying to catch a wave.
We saw a little bit of everything today. As mentioned above, we rode along the beach, rode through some pretty large interesting towns (Trinidad, McKinleyville, Arcata, Eureka) rode some pretty decent hills and ended the day riding through quite a few dairy farms. We did have a second breakfast in Arcata at this quaint little restaurant. It really was quite delicious. I had a croissant with egg and bacon. 😋
I should have taken some pictures of the free range cattle but didn’t. They were out in some nice green grass eating and I’m sure they were cows that are being milked. Anyway, something you don’t see in Idaho.
The day ended with some pretty steep inclines and descents. I normally like to just let things go on the decent, but the roads would go around corners that I didn’t know what was around and the roads weren’t in the best shape so I didn’t dare get going to fast.
Tim and Nancy bought some prepared lasagna in the store as we were returning today to have for dinner. We ate it, with salad and some toasted garlic bread. It was really good and hit the spot for replenishing what was needed.
I guess you could call it a flat. My tube failed. The valve stem broke of from the tube.
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