Santa Cruz, CA to Monterey, CA - 48 miles
Yesterday was pumpkin day and today was strawberries. It's not hard to see how California could supply strawberries for the entire United States. There were "strawberry fields forever." I wonder if this place was Simon and Garfunkle's inspiration. The strawberry fields were amazing to look at and even more wonderful to smell. We passed by some field workers packing strawberries near the fence and asked if they would sell us a flat. We bought 8 pounds of strawberries for $10 and didn't even mind the extra weight on our trailers.
The campground in Monterey is right in the city limits. The only problem is that it's up the side of a mountain. It was killer to climb! The only bad thing about taking tomorrow off to attend church is that we have to go down the hill then back up it.
I am continually amazed at all the different people we are meeting from around the world. To date we have met cyclists from Australia, England, Singapore, Germany, Thailand, Canada, Spain, France, Russia and from all over the United States.
