Tuesday Oct 18
Meet our new best friend!!! I now know why babies with diaper rash are so unhappy. I have a huge rash on my bottom and on my chest ... Peter has two large saddle sores on his bottom ... and one with broken skin. Riding in the rain for two days is hard on old men!! Needless to say, we spent some time chatting with the doctor before Tuesday's ride. I was liberal with the butt butter and helped Peter apply these ...
Our ride today was 122 miles tbrough the central coast, Los Olivos, Solvang, and then screaming down 101 to the coast. 6 weeks ago Peter and i were here on training rides and we rode a lot of what was on todays menu so we knew what to expect. It was beautiful weather and we had a great ride out of Pismo.
We headed east and into a strong headwind on our way to the first SAG. We rode in with Bill Walton, a great supporter of CAF and the largest fundraiser on the ride ... almost $250,000.00. We continued heading south and east until we finally arrived at Foxen Canyon. It has a nasty little hill about halfway through and it took every ounce of energy we had to get over it. Fortunately it was all downhill from there to lunch
Lunch was held on a beautiful lawn at a winery along the way ... we rested for about half an hour and when it was time to leave our legs were screaming NOOO!!! LOL
Our bottoms were screaming as well ... it was hard to sit back down in the saddle. We coasted through Solvang and then finally to higheay 101, where we had shaved ice waiting for us!
We stayed at the Fess Parker Resort across the street from the beach. Beautiful place!! We also had our fist massages on the route.
Massage Tablea
Foyer
Dinner was on our own so we went back to El Encanto in the hills above the city. The weather was still changing and it became quite windy ... after our menus being blown away and our drinks overturned we decided to eat indoors. By the time we got back to the hotel we were exhausted and went straight to bed.
Views from dinner
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