Yesterday rode with those dudes 85.4 miles to Ventura, CA.

Another flat. My phone's been giving me guff, not wanting to charge
all the time. Good news is I found my lock at the bottom of my bag.
Nobody steal my bike.

Passing through Pismo Beach, this guy I rode along with a little ways
bought me lunch, cashew tofu.

I met back up with the guys i thought were Canadians and that I
thought had my lock. They didn't. Free lock at Moro Bay State Park
hiker site. Combination (FOUND IT!).

71.6 miles to Lumpoc, CA. Camping with those dudes.

Last nights campground was much nicer when I could see it.

Left my lock there. Hoping the Canadians picked it up and that I run
into them again and I get it back. I got high hopes.

Just made it back to the coast and well south of the fires. I slept
late and doing 96.8 miles left me riding in the dark on roads with no
lights. It was fun. Since I was going to have to setup camp with a
flashlight either way I stopped at this place for food.

Two guys from Canada that I met a couple days ago were sleeping when I
got to the park.

71.3 miles to King City, CA. The detour turned out to be pretty nice.
Mostly farms.

I pulled a huge thorn out of my tire today which slowly went flat. I
have been lucky so I wasn't too upset.

This camp has no biker site so we'll see if I get stuck with the 25
dollar fee or not.

44.6 miles to Monterey. Some beaches some farms. Lots of people biking.

Looks like tomorrow I have to start a 150 mile detour around the wild
fires out here. Which means I miss Big Sur and some of the coolest
part of the entire coast. But what can I do if it's on fire?

54.3 miles to Santa Cruz. Another great ride. Tons of surfers. And I
spotted some dolphins.

Staying with friends of Jasmine's, Lisa and Rocky. Much thanks.

25.1 miles to camp at a "hiker/biker" site at Half Moon Bay Beach.