Alissa: Leaving Lompoc was awesome for a few reasons: it was a gorgeous day, we were heading back toward the coast, we left behind an incredible windy city, we rode through lush green hills, we had an enormous shoulder (basically as wide as an entire lane), and perhaps the awesome-est reason was the gleaming, shiny, brand-new repaved road.
During a long, flat carless section, I snapped a closeup of Glen enjoying the ride.
At the top of the road, we took a break for lunch and a quick computation.
False advertisement!!
After descending, we reunited with the first road we took when leaving Arcata
because in this part of the state, “the 101” is along the coast (as you can see in the picture) while “the 1” is…well, I don’t know where it is, actually. Perhaps they’re even the same road! Here “the 101” is the
Before we got to the coast, we rode through a gap in the cliffs, which wasn’t big enough for travel in both directions (there is a tunnel on the northbound side).
And look how close we are to home now!
The winner of the “best traffic sign” of the trip goes to the one prior to a bridge just north of Refugio State Beach.
Tonight’s dinner thankfully didn’t involve any flags.
