riding from san francisco to los angeles

[crystalviolet]

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.

[DeniseGoldberg]

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.

[Veronica]

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.

[crystalviolet]

wow, thank you for the info. i need to get that book, if you could give me the title.

cv

[Veronica]

It's called Bicycling the Pacific Coast by Tom Kirkendell & Vicky Spring.

V.