Half Moon Bay, CA to Santa Cruz, CA - 59 Miles
We struggled to get out this morning. We have been trying to break camp by 8:30 am, but today we didn't get out until 9:40. Before we were even out of the state campground, one of the bike trailers got a flat tire. We don't have any extra tubes for the trailers, so we took the time to patch it, rather than just changing the tube and patching later like we do with the bike tires. Then, we still had to stop at the store. Yikes!
We knew we had a long ride today, so we had to make up the time. Luckily, the weather was great, overcast most of the day, then pleasantly sunny towards afternoon. We were able to maintain over 11 mph the whole day even with hills.
Our route was along the coast, but ocean wasn't the only sight that dominated our view. Brussel sprouts and pumpkins are everywhere! Nearly every city I've ever lived in has at least one pumpkin patch in the fall (hay maze, corn maze, pick-a-pumpkin, etc.), sometimes even a handful of them. We saw dozens between Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz! Half Moon Bay even has it's own Pumpkin Festival. This year at the festival they are showing a documentary about the 2013 world's largest pumpkin competition (check it out at www.riseofthegiantsmovie.com).
We stopped at a produce stand for some brussel sprouts, but decided to forgo the pumpkin for now. Hopefully we'll finish this ride in time to carve at least one before Halloween.
