Well, a mixed day. It’s cold and foggy over here at the moment, but if you get to the top of some of these hills then, for a brief moment, you get to see the sun before you dive back down into the gloom.
It looks a bit like this.
The beginning of California hasn’t filled me with confidence for the rest of my trip through it. The towns have been pretty nasty and the shoulders to the roads, so generous in Oregon, have all but disappeared here. It makes for some exhilarating downhills! I’ve driven through California before with Amanda, but it’s a different kettle of fish on a bike.
I think the lack of pedestrians makes it less human over here. Maybe it’s the same in all developed countries, but I’ve never ridden a long tour in them. So the only regular point of human contact I have is with shop and campsite/motel staff. And you don’t really get to strike up a decent conversation or make a lasting relationship with a conversation of only 89 seconds. I shall seek out bars and force people to talk to me! Although I did meet Hamish and John, two fellow Brits, who are kite-surfing the California coast. Good luck fellas. At least we’re used to the cold, eh?
Pip pip
Love
Pete
Patagonia Pete 
What was it Frank Sinatra said?……. ‘Hate California, its cold and its damp.’
Never mind, there’s a lot of California to cover, it can’t stay grotty for ever.
Incidently, it wasn’t a foot I saw on that video, was it? Not unless you are a remarkable contortionist. Sorry, I had a short-sighted and senior moment.
Mum xxxx
Yeah, I never understood that until now. Always thought of California as hot and surfy. And that’s why we travel.
Have you used all my photos for painting practice? Do you need more?
Pete x
Which way is the prevailing wind? Could you rig some kind of kite-bike?