Its noon on Thursday - and we haven't left Eureka yet. Jason is pretty cool about it but Joseph is getting antsy. LP is rolling with it because it's beyond much of his control.
Why are we leaving late? For starters, yesterday's 81 mile/ 10 hour ride was a GRINDER. It started off with a 6 mile, 1400 foot climb. It was no small feat...twisty, sinewy with lots of banked turns and switchbacks. But once atop we were rewarded with our first gorgeous vista. When we reminded Jason to look as far ahead as he could to keep balanced on slow sections, he hilariously replies "I AM BUT when I do that al I see is PURPLE!". Quote of the day...
Long story short we arrived in Eureka around 21h, hit the hot tub as soon as possible and ordered some Domino's pizza. It was well deserved after a day where we had each burned between 10-12K calories.
We are just finishing lunch at the Eureka NORTH COAST COOP Market (everything else was burned down or out of business, it seemed) and are hitting the road. We've cut out a detour from our itinerary for the day, reducing from 95 miles to 53 miles to give us a break from all the huge climbs.
Tonight we stay at Myer's Inn, halfway along the scenic Avenue of the Giants.
Wish us luck and be happy you have chairs, not Italian bicycle seats, to sit on ;-)
-THIRD WHEELS
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