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yeah, i'm planning on following the coast and just sleeping outside wherever looks inviting. if you have any tips/advice for the ride, that would be greatly appreciated. could you tell me a little bit about your trip down the coast? like i mentioned, i've never done this before and haven't exactly trained for it, but i do feel compelled to do this.
I haven't ridden that myself, but there are journals from a number of people who have over on crazyguyonabike.com.
Click here to go to the list of Pacific Coast journals on that site.
We rode from Sunnyvale to Sunset State Campground the first day.
Day 2 was Sunset to Monterey. There's a story about this day....
day 3 was Monterey to Pfieffer Big Sur. Met a couple of nice guys that we biked with the next day.
Day 3 Pfeiffer Big Sur to San Simeon - skipping McKerricher and gettinga day ahead of our plan
Day 4 we did a tour of Hearst Castle and went to Morro Bay
Day 5 was Morro Bay to Pismo Beach
Day 6 layover at Pismo Beach - this was the first really sunny and warm place on our trip
Day 7 Pismo Beach to Lake Cachuma (sp?) it's inland - skipping a KOA camprground
Day 8 layover
Day 9 lake Cachuma to Santa Barbara
Day 10 Amtrak back to san Jose
We stayed at State Campgrounds most nights. They have hiker/biker sites and most have showers. There is a great book about biking the Pacific Coast that I would highly recommend.
V.
wow, thank you for the info. i need to get that book, if you could give me the title.
cv
It's called Bicycling the Pacific Coast by Tom Kirkendell & Vicky Spring.
V.