Originally Posted by
mstateglfr
Incredible part of the country. My parents moved to Pescadero and Half Moon Bay(im guessing you road thru there) during my college years and every time I went 'home' for visits it was to a place with neverending opportunity to explore.
SF down thru Santa Cruz, past Carmel, and into Big Sur is some idyllic riding for sure.
It's hard to describe how beautiful the area is. So different than the east coast. I had driven the route before, but you see 10 times more on a bike. It is quite physically challenging with all the climbing and descending. I lucked out with the weather hitting the ride just after a heavy storm and ending before the rain started up again. Apparently the week before Christmas is pretty quiet for tourism in the area, so not much of a challenge finding open campgrounds and fairly empty hotels.
