Category Archives: Bicycle Trip Log

Trip Log – Day 178 – Studio City, CA to Culver City, CA

October 30, 2015 – Sun, 80 degrees Miles Today: 51 Miles to Date: 9,226 States to Date: 25 Hard to imagine a better start to a day than waking with the California sun streaming through the window of a hillside … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 177 – Thousand Oaks, CA to Studio City, CA

October 29, 2015 – Sun, 80 degrees Miles Today: 46 Miles to Date: 9,175 States to Date: 25 The Ronald Reagan Library is the first Presidential Library I have visited on my trip, and it’s inspired me to pedal to … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 176 – Santa Barbara, CA to Thousand Oaks, CA

October 28, 2015 – Sun, 80 degrees Miles Today: 70 Miles to Date: 9,129 States to Date: 25 The bike path south along the Pacific Coast Highway is well marked and worth hopping back and forth across US 101 in … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 175 – Santa Barbara, CA

October 27, 2015 – Sun, 80 degrees Miles Today: 20 Miles to Date: 9,059 States to Date: 25 Santa Barbara is paradise. The weather is perfect, the architecture stunning, the people thin and rich. That is, once you overlook the … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 174 –Santa Maria, CA to Santa Barbara, CA

October 26, 2015 – Sun, 80 degrees Miles Today: 67 Miles to Date: 9,039 States to Date: 25 Rule number one of bicycle touring: always listen to knowledgeable locals. My host last night, Bill Korn, gave me detailed directions on … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 173 – San Luis Obispo, CA to Santa Maria, CA

October 25, 2015 – Sun, 70 degrees Miles Today: 47 Miles to Date: 8,972 States to Date: 25 You know you’ve been on a diet of excessive beauty when a day rolling along the California coast seems ho-hum. But after … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 171 –Pacific Valley, CA to Los Osos, CA

October 23, 2015 – Sun, 70 degrees Miles Today: 66 Miles to Date: 8,904 States to Date: 25  Warmshowers superhost Murdock is a San Francisco 49’rs superfan, so even though the Seahawks trounced the 49’rs Thursday night, I still woke … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 170 – Monterey, CA to Pacific Valley, CA

October 22, 2015 – Sun, 70 degrees Miles Today: 63 Miles to Date: 8,838 States to Date: 25  The fabled ride down California Highway One south from Carmel through Big Sur is a captivating sequence of the sea meeting the … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 169 –Santa Cruz, CA to Monterey, CA

October 21, 2015 – Sun, 70 degrees Miles Today: 51 Miles to Date: 8,775 States to Date: 25  Pedaling south along the cusp of Monterey Bay offers something for everyone. My day began with great coffee and chat with my … Continue reading

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Trip Log – Day 168 – San Jose, CA to Santa Cruz, CA

October 20, 2015 – Sun, 75 degrees Miles Today: 48 Miles to Date: 8,724 States to Date: 25 The ride from San Jose to Santa Cruz was both beautiful and shorter than I anticipated. That’s a winning combination. After a … Continue reading

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