June 13, 2007
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Wednesday, June 6 – Day 4
I also love day 4. We started off in Paso Robles and headed to the coast. Then we went through Morro Bay which is about the prettiest city that we go through on the ride. Then through San Luis Obispo where I missed the turn AGAIN but I’m starting to know my way around because I’ve gotten lost there so many times that I was able to find my way without turning around. It reminds me a lot of Santa Fe, NM in the way that it’s a small, small town with lots of shopping and restaurants. I was able to resist the call of Banana Republic and headed off towards Pismo Beach which has the greatest name and quite a bit going on in it. If you’re very old or very young it’s the greatest! Then I headed south to Guadalupe and then to Santa Maria. Here I am in Bike Parking. Note the absense of bikes:
The wind really picks up in the afternoon and this can be a very
challenging run, but I hit it around noon and it wasn’t much of a
bother at all. I felt kind of bad when everybody was complaining about
how tough it was and I had to admit that I was in before the wind
kicked up. My tentmate Russ bailed on me! He didn’t want to discuss
it so he rented a car in San Luis Obispo and it was a fait accompli by
the time I found out about it. I’ll miss him he was the greatest tent
mate. But he said he had business to attend to.
