Five hours and roughly 350 miles later brought us to Half Moon Bay, a cute little seaside town 45min SW of San Francisco on Highway 1. We parked at the beach, changed, and headed out on our bikes. It was still kind of overcast, with the temperature hovering in the mid 60's. The first 10 miles consisted of gently rolling hills with a gradual trend upward. After one long climb and descent we were back at sea level and the riding was fairly level until we reached our destination-Ano Nuevo State Park.
We rode into the park, dropped the bikes and changed into our trail shoes for the 3 mile round trip hike to see the parks main attraction: elephant seals!
The seals will be here for a few more weeks before they split up: the males head to the Aleutian Islands, and the females to Hawaii.
The ride back from the park was definitely quicker, as we had a tail wind, and the temperature had dropped a few degrees. Plus, we had a dinner date!
After loading the bikes, we grabbed our gear, took quick showers, and headed into town to meet Laura and Steve for dinner and drinks.
The food was amazing, but as my wife is by far the better storyteller, I'll leave the details up to her :-)
I'll try to give the ride stats at the end of each day. For those of you that follow cycling on Versus, as you read these imagine Phil Liggett's voice telling the story instead of me :-)
Total distance: 56 miles
Terrain: rolling flats with two Category 4(??) climbs
Total elevation gain: 2300 feet
Until next time!
I remember Laura and Steve from y'alls wedding. Love them! On another note, those fat, lazy animals make me want to go out and run another few miles!
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