Day 85 - Friday December 11th

San Diego, CA to Tijuana, Mexico
28.00 miles
2:38.16 hrs
37 max
10.6 avg

Total Mileage: 6225.9 +

There was a day when my odometer was not working correctly and a couple days where I rode around without my cateye connected for a couple miles at the end of my route. I predict that these miles add up to about 50 unaccounted miles.

With that being said I am now in the stage of COMPLETION OF TOUR DE AMERICAS! My three country tour has now come to an end. What do I do now?

Day 84 - Thursday December 10th

Encinitas, CA to San Diego, CA
63.92 miles
5:18.53 hrs
30.6 max
12.0 avg

Day 83 - Wednesday December 9th

Orange, CA to Encinitas, CA
78.41 miles
5:33.57 hrs
33.3 max
14.0 avg

Day 82 - Tuesday December 8th

Santa Monica, CA to Orange, CA
59.89 miles
3:56.59 hrs
29.5 max
13.8 avg

December 6th - 8th

Fun in LA!

Day 81 - Saturday December 5th

Camaillo, CA to Santa Monica, CA
53.78 miles
3:44.07 hrs
35.2 max
14.3 avg

Day 80 - Friday December 4th

Santa Barbara, CA to Camarillo, CA

60.31 miles

3:45.09 hrs

30.8 max

16.0 avg

Day 79 - Thursday December 3rd

Oceana, CA to Santa Barbara, CA

97.08 miles

7:10.22 hrs

37.6 max

13.5 avg

Day 78 - Wednesday December 2nd

Kirk Creek CG to Oceana, CA

96.65 miles

7:13.20 hrs

36.1 max

13.3 avg

Day 77 - Tuesday Decemeber 1st

Monteray Bay, CA to Kirk Creek CG

76.13 miles

6:20.18 hrs

35.9 max

12.0 avg

Day 76 - Monday November 30th

Santa Cruz, CA to Monteray Bay, CA

60.6 miles

5:16.12 hrs

30.2 max

11.7 avg

Day 75 - Sunday November 29th

Pacifica, CA to Santa Cruz, CA

66.79 miles

5:01.26 hrs

37.7 max

13.2 avg

Leaving Pacifica was like leaving home. I have become well acquainted with my new found family and familiar to the idea of living in the San Fran area. I do have my eyes set on getting to Ventura by Thursday though to meet up with my mother who is teaching in the area this weekend.

The ride today felt long and slow. Most of the route was flat and the grades were not nearly what they were north of San Fran but todays ride was not easy. The time that I spent off the bike definitly made things hard as my legs were no longer used to cycling every day. They were used to playing wii for numerous hours!

A memorable moment of today was a red tail hawk sitting on a telephone pole and as I passed by it curlled it's body up into a torpedo shape and dove down into the garden below only to arise with a rabbit in its talons! It was quite a site to see! Other than this the ride was pretty boring.

It was great when I arrived in Santa Cruz though. I met up with two college friends and spent the rest of the day joking around and catching up.