Ray: Can you detail the "trek around Devil's Slide via the mystery road"? I worked out something via Google earth a couple of years ago but never got to try it out. I've since found Google's aerial views can be out of date.
Thx, dougP On Jun 27, 9:46 pm, Way Rebb <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I took a little vacation last week. Spent nine days hike'n and bike'n > the California State Parks, meandering my way from Livermore down to > Big Sur and back up the coast. > > The first day was rough: Livermore to Santa Cruz. Blazingly hot by > the time I hit the hills outside of Los Gatos, fifty miles into the > ride (about 70 total). Traffic on Old Santa Cruz Hwy was heavy > because Hwy 17 was stopped. I traveled most of the hills pushing the > bike to keep away from the RVs. Almost ran out of water but a > fireman at a fire station let me fill my bottles at the outside faucet > and finally hit that great cooling descent down Soquel San Jose Road > about twelve hours after I started. Whew, I was beat but I made it. > > The days after that were great. Miles of bike paths toward Monterey, > zippy traffic on highway 1 around Moss Landing, back roads through > quiet strawberry fields outside of Watsonville; tough climbs and fast > descents in the hills approaching Big Sur; ferocious headwinds, > sidewinds, tailwinds; several why am I doing this moments but many > more I gotta do this again moments and on and on. > > I was planning to go further south, maybe to Santa Barbara or > somewhere, but when I found out they allowed two nights of bike > camping at Big Sur I stayed and enjoyed the park. Pushed backed up the > coast with overnights at New Brighton, Half Moon Bay and, during the > trek around Devils Slide via the mystery road, I thought why stop now, > China Camp is just up the road! Maybe I can get in one more night of > camping. Quite an adventure to find China Camp since I'd never been > there. Beautiful park! > > Maybe it is to early in the touring season but I didn't see may others > out on the roads. I was the only one at New Brighton. I did see a mint > '83 Specialized Expedition loaded for a trip across the country. He > bought the bike from a neighbor who bought it new but never used it. > I told him the bike waited all these years for him to take it on a > trip. > > Hillborne handled the ride perfectly and I really got to know my > little chainring. I knew it was there never understood how useful it > was, big gear too…anyway…here are a few pictures. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/wrebb/sets/72157630307669764/ > > Regards, > Ray -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
