For most of our journey so far, we've arrived at our destination in the early evening and gotten about 8 hours of sleep.
Today is a different story.
We left Santa Rosa at 8:45, which got us off to a good start, but because we had to stay off the freeway, we ended up taking a most circuitous route into San Francisco. By the time we had reached the southern end of the city, it was already 5 p.m.
What to do?
Our fearless leader Jody asked us how we felt about riding all the way to Santa Cruz. My response: I'm fine with that, as long as we keep the pace down. Joe, too, agreed we should give it a try.
You see, we're still about a day behind schedule (or were at that point, anyway), so we really needed to make up some ground fast.
It wasn't raining, we weren't cold, and we were all still rather fresh at the time, so off we went.
How we made it all the way here is beyond me, but we did it!
We rolled into town just before midnight, got cleaned up, and even went down the street to a diner for a billion calories.
It's now 2:30 a.m. And here I am typing away...
I hope some of you got to follow us tonight using the GPS link. That must have been especially fun, since you probably thought there was something wrong with the service, or perhaps you were placing bets as to how far we would get. Congrats to those of you who chose Santa Cruz!
Lots more to write but no time to do it, so I have to bid thee all a good night.
Seeing the Golden Gate Bridge today was a turning point of the ride and we can all smell Tijuana. After all, we are now on the bottom half of the map!
Stay tuned for more about the ride and please leave comments. They are very encouraging!
Painfully yours...
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p.s. Flats: one (Joe.) Miles ridden: 145 (trip record). Hours in saddle: 11+ (trip record). Temp: 60's. Calories burned: Too many.
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