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10-26-03, 08:29 PM
I tend not to be the up-and-riding-early type, but today I decided to use the end-of-daylight-savings-time dividend to take a ride I've been wanting to do for a few weeks. The fact that we are having a bit of a heatwave (it was about 82 degrees at my house) with brilliant sunny weather was a bit of a motivator.
I have been wanting to ride from Watsonville, where I live, to Monterey. It's about a 60 mile round trip. Weekends are best for this trip since not matter how you pick your route, you still have to do a good chunk of the ride on state Hwy 1. It always has a lot of traffic, but on Sundays you are not going to get sucked up by passing semis. For about a third of the trip there is dedicated bike path that mostly runs next to Hwy 1. (It seems so nice and safe, but last year a car went out of control and went down an embankment to the bike path killing a cyclist).
A real joy for me about this ride is that it is on flat to rolling terrain, with great views of Monterey Bay and the sand dunes. What that also means is that the wind can be a killer at times. That's where the early start was great. I should have probably started earlier, since I had a brisk headwind in the last 15 miles. But I'm not complaining, this ride was everything I had hoped for. I feel sad that what is such great weather around here is causing such a fire disaster in souterhn California.
So did anyone else make good use of the extra hour for riding?
Rich
I have been wanting to ride from Watsonville, where I live, to Monterey. It's about a 60 mile round trip. Weekends are best for this trip since not matter how you pick your route, you still have to do a good chunk of the ride on state Hwy 1. It always has a lot of traffic, but on Sundays you are not going to get sucked up by passing semis. For about a third of the trip there is dedicated bike path that mostly runs next to Hwy 1. (It seems so nice and safe, but last year a car went out of control and went down an embankment to the bike path killing a cyclist).
A real joy for me about this ride is that it is on flat to rolling terrain, with great views of Monterey Bay and the sand dunes. What that also means is that the wind can be a killer at times. That's where the early start was great. I should have probably started earlier, since I had a brisk headwind in the last 15 miles. But I'm not complaining, this ride was everything I had hoped for. I feel sad that what is such great weather around here is causing such a fire disaster in souterhn California.
So did anyone else make good use of the extra hour for riding?
Rich