we were getting near the pier.....



we left the beach area... and headed back to lunch stop 2.... left there and headed "home!" along the 101 for a bit... then old pch... very pretty!



OH... the coolest thing... we're riding along and pass a recumbent rider and hubby says: "hey that's ron" and quickly hollars "hey ron"... it WAS ron! he turned around and we chatted a bit... he was doing the workers ride of the grand tour.. AND attemtping (NOT attempting.... i told him he WOULD do it!) his first triple! yes... 300 miles in one day! he was at mile 132 and looked awesome... but i digress!

we continued along pld PCH....





it was back inland some once we hit ventura.... we were following the arrows (the route slip was tiny... and orange... and hard to read...) and almost headed back out again when we took a wrong turn using the arrows from that morning (were back at the rex/dubbers road! lol!) got back on track.... and kept heading back... helped a guy along the way... he needed a co2 cartridge! got back to the harbor... YAY! ate some lunch.... and then headed home.... another century is now history...

this is one... cuz of registration issues and all the stop signs/lights... and the distance for us to travel.. that is probably in the "amtrak" pile.. "been there... done that... not sure we'll do it again".... of course... we'll see what next july brings! i think the metric is probably a nicer course (misses the santa barbara section...) but i can't justify driving over 3 hours for a metric....

it's a ride you can get a group of friends together and just enjoy they day...... enjoy the ride... no hammerfest..... just riding and enjoying the pretty views!