In less than a month the fourth day will be the bare beginning of the big trip. This time, though, it seemed long enough.
We set out from Sea Ranch after a fairly late breakfast. The wind was still pretty quiet, but the fog was in. We didn't see it right away, but a few miles south we encountered some fairly dense areas where we were glad to have our flashing red lights. It was also a little chilly. We had thought of spending another day stopping for the views, but...there weren't all that many. At one point, Bruce said he'd stopped to listen to the ocean; it was not visible.
There were some spots where we got great views, especially later as the fog receded. We did the bigger climb as we approached Jenner; we stopped to watch seals & their babies lounging on the beach just as we entered Jenner; we passed a couple of areas of road construction where we had to stop briefly. And at the second, bumping up over the edge at the south end of the construction area gave me my first flat in a long time, but we were able to change it fast.
We got back in plenty of time for me to get to my tap class - and it was fun, but my legs were pretty tired.
I didn't get to this for a couple of days, so I don't have the numbers handy. I know we rode about 230 miles, climbed about 14,000 feet, and I burned about 7000 calories. No wonder I've been hungry since we got back - it's hard to eat that much extra!
Now we are back into preparation for June.
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