Days 1 - 6 by Jake

Day 1 - San Francisco to Pigeon Point. The day had a late start due to Mary's great cooking back in Pleasant Hill. Consequently the Golden Gate Bridge had been engulfed with a thick fog that we had been surprised to see, sadly it was not our last. The day's ride began smoothly with Jim doing a photo-shoot of us for several miles without our knowledge. Our first hills hit us hard but in good time we moved along at a decent pace. Devil's Slide became the highlight that will forever be on our mind for Day 1 to our adventure. The day seemed to never ending with climb after climb but coming around the bend into Pigeon Point Lighthouse was a great sight to see.

Day 2 - Pigeon Point to Sunset Beach. Starting with a misty and cold morning we stopped for a large breakfast in Davenport. We made our approach on Santa Cruz as the sun began to break through the strong haze. There at the boardwalk we took our time walking around, watching a beach volleyball competition as well as seeing all the attractions. There was a very skilled team of men wearing long dress' that would have seemed to be difficult to move in but they swept their way through the competition. Leaving Santa Cruz after a nice walk down main street and grabbing some lunch we cruised to Sunset Beach with time to spare.

Day 3 - Sunset Beach to Andrew Molera State Park. Another cold beginning to our day we believed that the sun was never going to shine. Following a good start we had a large stop for breakfast in a great little diner. A few miles down Route 1 from our breakfast my front tire popped due to a shard of glass and stopped us for a while. Later we followed a scenic bike trail for around 9 miles until we faced our first large climb leaving Seaside and making our way up into Carmel. The headwind was very strong and it was a difficult climb but stopping in Carmel for lunch at Bruno's Market was a good rest stop. Meeting some interesting characters that were following our same route gave assurance that we weren't too crazy for trying this. On one of the several peaks we met a Englishman native to Vancouver. Though his name slips our tired minds his trip doesn't. He had started up in Vancouver and was biking the entire Pacific Coast down to Mexico and from there he was considering going down to Argentina which just astounded both of us. Later on we eventually made our way to our rustic campsite 21 at Andrew Molera before Big Sur.

Day 4 - Andrew Molera State Park to Plaskett Creek Campground. Departing early in the morning we were heavily determined to accomplish the steep climb into Big Sur on Route 1. Stopping at a nice Breakfast place half way up the mountain was nice because it gave us time to recoup and even lay eyes on the Sun Goddess. Once over the peak we thought that we were getting closer though we didn't know the difficult ride ahead. Several smaller hills followed and never seemed to stop at the way up until we reach Lucia where we had dinner at 2PM in the afternoon. Going down hill from there we reach Plaskett Creek Campground with no sweat and met other riders with similar bike routes. Throughout the day we passed numerous new GT Mustangs ending with a total of 26.

Day 5 - Plaskett Creek campground to Los Osos. Going only a small distance from Plaskett Creek into the small settlement of Gorda we sat down to a time consuming breakfast with a very talkative waiter. Not wanting to go back outside due to the cld my hot chocolate hit the spot. We took our time making our way up the rides largest climb from around 225 ft to 1000 ft above sea level in a gradual increase over 2 to 3 miles. Falling from that evaluation into the small community of Ragged Point the sun finally began to shine. From that point on there was a smooth 20 miles into Sam Simeon where I thought up the idea of going all the way to Los Osos to see the Hendrick's. That extra 25 miles wasn't too bad since the Californian coastline was hit with sunlight and we were given a questionable tailwind. Today, however; we counted a grand total of 38 new GT Mustangs.