Our last night out on the bike route. We are camped at the Samuel P Taylor state park outside of Lagunitas. And it's wanting to rain. So we are huddled in our tent.
It was a long day of ups and downs for 4600 feet over 68 miles. There was some spectacular scenery today, especially outside of Ft Ross as we climbed some steep hills and switchbacks. Still not much of a shoulder and the road just drops off a cliff to the ocean. I'm pretty sure there was an Alfred Hitchcock movie filmed around here.
Well, the rain is coming down. And it's really needed around here. Ever since entering CA you can notice the affects of the draught. Especially since many of the state parks have closed their shower facilities. No worries for me, I'm used to stinking on outdoor adventures. Rhonda is learning.
After the hills of Fort Ross we entered Jenner and then started inland towards Valley Ford and Tamales before circling the bay towards Marshall and Pt Reyes Station. The profile looked simple enough but there were enough hill repeats to entertain any spin instructor for a 90 minute class.
Inland was hot again, even if it was only 10 miles. The coast was even warm, but what views. Coming out at Pt Reyes we stopped at the Cowgirl Cremery on the advice of a guy who reminds me a lot of C.L. Garey, down to the hiking shorts and boots. They even share the same tastes in fine culinary cuisine. We bought the last two epicurean delightful sandwiches and another bowl of quinoa salad, along with a artisan cookie for desert and packed them away in our bags for the last 9 miles of the day.
The bike route leaves hwy 1 and winds back roads and finally a bike path through woods into the state park. We made in time to set up camp, eat our cowgirl picnic, and wash up before it got dark and started to rain.
Tomorrow we navigate an urban environment for 27 miles to find the Golden Gate Bridge, cross it, and find our way through the pier district to locate our ferry back to San Rafael and a shower.
We heard that Tug and Jim may only be a day or less behind us, so we left them some encouragement
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