At the Ithaca airport, Monday June 8
My bike, loaded, at Lorraine, Martin, Alex and Jen's place, California St in the Richmond district of San Francisco
Headed out of San Francisco
Near the Cliff House, heading south in San Francisco
At the Daly City BART station, waiting for Tommie
Tommie arrives!
Up and up and up
Looking back down at the Devil's Slide
At Caffe Lucca for lunch, Montara near Half Moon Bay
Pigeon Point lighthouse, north of Santa Cruz
Hostel in Santa Cruz, on Main St
Sign at house on Main St, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz hostel
Tommie biking through eucalptus grove
These little yellow flowers grew along the roads for much of the way
Artichoke fields on the way to Monterey
The beach at Monterey
Tommie at Monterey Beach
At Monterey Beach
The hostel at Monterey
Day 3, riding out on the Monterey Peninsula, 17 Mile Drive
Monterey peninsula: Cypress groves
Wild fennel
View of coast from Lucia
Sunset headed to Plaskett Creek State Park
The view from up high, near Big Sur
Aaron, a student from Singapore who was biking California, staying at Plaskett Creek campground
This guy's been living on his bike in campgrounds for decades; taken at Plaskett Creek campground
At Plaskett Creek State Park
Our tents and bikes at the hiker-biker section of the Plaskett Creek campground
At Plaskett Creek
Whale Watchers Cafe at Gorda - breakfast on day 4
Elephant seals at Piedras Blancas beach
At Cambria Beach
Looking towards Morro Bay
From earlier in the day, looking down a road I'd just climbed as it went in from the coast then back out.
At Morro Bay State Park, end of day 4
Camping in a eucalyptus grove, Morro Bay State Park
Trailer the dog is riding in for the LA to Maine bike ride
The tandem with dog trailer that Zach and Steve are riding from LA to Maine; at Morro Bay State Park
Chip and Steve (or Zach)
The dog (didn't get the name...) who's riding from LA to Maine
Just before Pismo Beach
Guadalupe
At the River campground, Lompoc
Allie and Chip at the River campground in Lompoc
Ant, guy from UK biking from Vancouver to Panama, at Lompoc campground
Allie, riding from Vancouver to LA, at Lompoc campground
Big downhill! I hit 39.5 mph
Coming down onto the freeway
At Gaviota State Park
On the pier at Gaviota
Santa Barbara
Outside walkway to our room, hostel at Santa Barbara, day 7
Courtyard at Santa Barbara hostel
Santa Barbara hostel morning of day 7
Downtown Santa Barbara
Bike path out of Santa Barbara
Bike trail out of Santa Barbara
Lunch at Hobson County Park, Ventura County, day 7
At Hobson County Park, Ventura County
A grass (sod) farm
Missile Park at Pt Mugu Naval Air Station in Ventura County
Tommie came across this seaside baptism service north of Carrillo State Park
At Leo Carrillo State Park, just north of Malibu
Malibu coast, day 8
At the beach: Los Angeles County
Bike path at the beach in Los Angeles
My hotel in Redondo Beach, day 8
Tan lines!
Day 9: morning at Redondo Beach looking towards Palos Verdes peninsula
Surfers at Redondo Beach
Palos Verdes
Houses up in Ranchos Palos Verdes
North of Huntington Beach
San Clemente at sunset, day 9
Passenger train arriving at San Clemente station,at the beach
San Clemente beach at sunset
In the hotel room., San Clemente Days Inn, evening of day 9
Breakfast on day 10: last day!
At the elevator
San Clemente, residential neighborhood
View of San Onofre State Beach
On bike path through Camp Pendleton - before the gate
On the base, after the gate
In Oceanside: kayak trailer for bike
Alan's Bike Shop in Oceanside: I dropped off my bike here to be shipped back home
Oceanside: 101 Diner, lunch!
Bus from Calsbad Village Station to the hotel at the Carlsbad Airport
Carlsbad Village station: bus and train
Bikeless!
