Alissa: My good friend Robert texted me a couple of days ago about the “millions” of butterflies in Los Angeles.
Today we woke up to be greeted by all of them! It really was delightful to see so many of them at once, and fairly consistently down to Malibu.
I’ve ridden this exact route a few times now, and it’s still beautiful. (Though, I must say, I used to think of Malibu as incredibly gorgeous and today I did have the reaction, “meh,” to the view in comparison to what we saw up in Big Sur.)
There were tons of bright wildflowers everywhere because of the rain
even in places destroyed by the recent fires.
For a brief portion of the ride near Zuma Beach, we had our own protected corridor!
After a long day of riding, we arrived at the Santa Monica Pier, where we’ve spent lots of time enjoying the Fosselman’s ice cream.
We’re staying put for a few days because I’m on call to do my civic duty this week, and then we’ll finish up the ride by heading to the border!
