Oceano

October 22nd, 2013

Some parks have all the amenities. Hot, not warm, showers. Electricity.  Fresh clean water.  Grass.  Tress.   

San Simeon had warm needle showers that tried to pierce your skin.  Fortunately, after a long ass ride over crazy rolling hills we got to look forward to a couch to sleep on!  We first went into Cambria looking for the world famous cambria bicycle shop.  It has moved to San Luis Obisbo unfortunately.  Cambria was filled with freaky scarecrows on every subject the artists involved could think of from bicyclist scarecrows in front of the skeleton of the cambria bike shop all the way to a wizard of oz themed foursome in front of the school.  

We left Cambria with plans to have fish and chips for lunch after a 21 mile ride.  The hills were very generous though! Rolling, calm, good wind. We were in Morrow Bay for lunch by 11 am.  Bryan and Maggie had left later than us (they stopped for coffee) and actually failed to catch up with Erin.  She is getting faster/stronger indeed!  The fish and chips were good, and I processed some prickly pears to go with them.  Yum?  Lol.

We went to the Albertson's grocery store and met bryan and maggie who had just had an excited time at the dollar store.  Half their shopping items for the lowest prices we've seen!  Of course the constant and cruel temptation for junk food and sweets plagues you harshly in there and we too fell prey to it.  

After our shopping we headed on to Oceano and after 30 miles met a delightful host named Bonnie who did the same trip as us 25 years ago with the first edition of our book!  Maggie cooked her dinner and me and Erin pigged out on our New cheap food (pack of 500g of gnocci for $1?  Yes please).

Erin was starting to energy crash from the sugar she ate after the dollar store though... ominous!

taking a break on the side of the road-also eating local strawberries from a mile back down the road!