Woke up at 2:30 in the morning needing to use the bathroom. It’s always such a chore when camping. Have to get completely dressed into cold clothes. Walk over and use the bathroom. Walk back. Get undressed and crawl into a now cold bed. Fun times. I was able to…
Category: Pacific Coast Tour 2023
Posts from my 2023 tour of the Pacific Coast Bike Route
A nice chill day at a beautiful state park. I need to preface with some additional things I forgot to mention yesterday. I was not alone in call last night. Two other cyclists arrived after I had. The first was Ray from Seattle, and the second was a gentleman who…
I didn’t sleep incredibly well last night. Woke up at 2:30 for some unknown reason. Then again at 3:30 after a weird dream involving Robert Somano, Caleb Sprayberry, and I having a heated discussion about something related to our performance in an ultra event. Then woke up again at 4:30…
I would love to say that each and every day is wonderfully beautiful weather. The roads buttery smooth asphalt. Unfortunately, that isn’t realistic in the slightest and today was one of those less than ideal days. I was awake about the same time as yesterday, around 4:40 ish. I cracked…
Sometimes you call an audible and fumble. Other times you score a touchdown. Can you do both? I know I did, but, unfortunately, that story will have to wait until tomorrow due to lack of coverage. Woke up early ish at around 4:30 this morning. That isn’t too much earlier…
Area cyclist finds bikepacking nirvana at a state park and the meaning of life on the inside of a Tootsie Pop wrapper. Film at 11. It was a funny little teaser description put on Strava while I did all the backend work to get everything posted. Wanted to save it…
Getting started today was tough. I first woke up at 3:30 to the sound of a down pour. I can’t say for certain if it heavier than the day before or not. Moving campsites can have that effect. Different trees can either shield you from the rain or make it…
I’d taken the opportunity to catch the morning news yesterday morning and the forecast called for rain early Friday morning. It would be the first time I used the rain fly on the tent. It also meant dealing with the rain and moving camp sometime during the day on Friday,…
Actually woke to my alarm this morning, something that doesn’t happen a lot. I usually wake up before it goes off. Before crashing out last night I knew I wanted to eat breakfast at the restaurant next door to the hotel. No point in burning up a REI freeze dried…
I got off to a “late” start this morning because I “slept in” until a whopping 5:30. I slept decently last night only waking up once to use the bathroom around 3:30. Woke up feeling really good and well rested. Legs are a little stiff, especially the quads, but nothing…