Alissa: Sigh…
Mother Nature: 2; Glen and Alissa: 0
I really need to (1) find another weather website and/or (2) let Glen make the decision about whether we should cycle given the forecast. Weather.gov said that there was a “30% chance of rain prior to 10 am” and “new precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.” Instead, post-lunch it lightly rained continuously for the remaining three hours of our ride. Thankfully it wasn’t cold. The real concern, though, wasn’t the rain, but, as you will see, the fog.
Glen’s ride was brought to you/us by the letters T and C (for Tablas Creek). No, this didn’t fuel his journey! But it provided the necessary motivation to get through the conditions.
About 30 seconds after leaving the front door of our hotel we passed California’s first state historic landmark!
I regret not stopping to peek in but we wanted to get on our way.
Our route took us along the scenic 17-mile drive, which costs cars over $10 to travel along but we were free!
Within the first few miles we passed the picturesque “lone cypress”
which, in fact, is not so lonely!
Perhaps you recognize the tree from television when the US Open is held in Pebble Beach. We made a brief stop at the Visitor Center and learned that Pebble Beach will host *this* year’s Open!
We rode by the beautiful mission in Carmel, which is the state’s second oldest. Post lunch the relentless drizzling began about the time we encountered this sign.
When have you ever been given information about the next SEVENTY-FOUR miles?!?!?
Our views started out great
but then the fog started rolling in. Despite the gloomy day the water was still a clear, bright aquamarine.
We rode across numerous historic bridges, including two from the 1930s, and eventually across the iconic Bixby Creek Bridge! (I hesitate to post this photo because of how terrifying the conditions look and I don’t want my parents to freak out, but…)
According to Google, this bridge is incredibly well photographed and on occasion looks amazing.
A few miles down the road our westward view was nonexistent.
But, again, Google suggests that it can be incredibly gorgeous along this stretch of highway.
