Sun and fun!!

Today was as beautiful as yesterday was brutal. Our goal: Big Sur to Pismo Beach ... 114 miles and Peter's first Century.
Most everyone was up and assembled by 6:30 ... just waiting for enough light to be safely on the road. Our first challenge was a 3 mile 1000 foot hill right off the bat. Thankfully it was cool and misty and the view was definitely worth it!

Early Morning mist

 As the morning progressed we passed some amazing homes perched on the cliffs. Lots of them have amazing gates leading to their homes.

The coast highway has lots of long climbs with amazing downhills! On the tandem we FLY down these hills. Below is a look back at one the hills we raced down. Of course my stoker wants me to hit the brakes more frequently than i do!! LOL

Beautiful vistas of the ocean along the way.

SAG stop at the top of a particularly steep and gueling climb. Someone told me there was a LONG downhill after that .... it was short lived with another steep climb!!

 We finally did get that amazing downhill back to the coast ... I clocked us at 40 mph more than once!!

The next 40 miles was along the coast, past the elephant seals, Hearst Castle, LUNCH!! Good ol' tri tip barbecue from the central coast! Eventually we made it to San Luis Obispo, right turn on Higuera and we finally made it to The Cliffs Hotel in Pismo. Amazing spread waiting for us on the porch overlooking the ocean. I still cant believe that Peter rode his first century!!!

Happy to be off the bike and relax on the deck.

Sunset from the room!

Tomorrow we ride 120 miles from Pismo to Santa Barbara. We're riding out at 7 am ... stay tuned!!