Day 20: Buellton,CA to Santa Monica,CA
Miles on the California Speedway (aka Hwy 1): 125
Miles ridden in the last three days: appr. 340
Weather: High 60's, sunny, and we had a GARGANTUAN tailwind. Tommylikey.
Terrain: Mostly flat with some rolling hills throughout the ride. The last few miles thru Malibu we had a couple of larger-sized hills, but for the most part today was flat....which is definitely what you want on a 125 mile.
Song stuck in my head on the ride today: "What's up" -4 Non Blondes
# of feet that I came from getting side-checked by a car pulling out on Hwy 1: 2 or 3
# of people that have e-mailed me....asking me to post more pictures of my tan lines: 647
Smooth Move of the Day: Andrea Thompson getting stuck between the bed and the wall in her motel room.
Roadkill: A super-huge racoon, many small birds, and what looked to be a beaver.
The part of the ride that you could not pay me $1000 to do again:
The 27-mile stretch of road from Malibu to Santa Monica on Hwy 1. Four lanes of traffic going 45-55mph during rush hour(which is California means faster sometimes). We had large shoulder, but unfortunately there were a bazillion cars parked in our riding space--people who were on the beach....which meant we were constantly looking for cars pulling out and car doors opening.
Tomorrow's Ride: 89 miles to San Clemente,CA (89 miles)
Friday's Ride: San Clemente to Mexico (82 miles)
posted by The Hunger Ride at 6/20/2007
3 Comments:
I like that you're growing your beard out Tom...It makes you look like The Dude. (Stay out of my beach community Lebowski! --Police chief of Malibu)
Slappy
Tijuana fact of the day:
The Caesar salad is named after Caesar Cardini who prepared the salad in his Caesar's Palace Restaurant in Tijuana, Mexico.
Know what you're riding for.
Rand,
Good news! I heard about this program at work where AT&T will match charitable contributions dollar for dollar and I sent in the information for Food for the Hungry. So, it looks like FFTH will now get $40,000 instead of the $20,000 I donated out of my pocket. I encourage the 2 other people who posted on this blog page to check with their work and see if they will match donations.
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