A 46 mile day with lots of elevation change and changing climates from the state park back down to the sea side town of Ft. Bragg, CA.
Levine the park at 8:30 and starring our 1,000 ft. climb on California Hwy 1 for the next 3 miles. So many of the roads are either showing signs of land slides on top of them or sliding down towards the sea.
The good news was the traffic was very light all morning and the forest was quiet and beautiful.
After a long climb we had a long decent of around 2,000 ft. back down to sea level. Ironically we had to put on warmer clothes as we descended from elevation.
And we're back to the iconic sea stacks we saw so much of along the Oregon coast, now in California.
A fair amount of fog and mist along the coast today, still following CA 1.
Guarding my Fritos, sandwich and chocolate milk around 1pm. After 32 miles of riding we found a small convenience store/deli in Westport to get something to eat and warm up a bit. This stretch of the route was beautiful but very remote and isolated.
Angela, hand on hips, looking back at the hills we've just climbed at a short rest along the coast. Just about 10 more miles before we get to Ft. Bragg.
Very pretty scenery.
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