Today was an easy, short day of riding – 55 miles, up and down but nothing seriously steep or high. We were back on the beach, and there were a lot of pretty beaches, Cayucos Beach, Moro Beach, Pismo Beach, and several others all filled with surfers.

Tonight we are staying with a very nice couple who regularly open their home up for bicycle riders, Ross and Carol Chenot. Ross and I have a lot in common, he was a church planter and in ministry for many years, he graduated from High School in 1967, the same as me, he had a very high draft lottery number in 1969 that kept him out of Vietnam, I did as well, he is an avid bicycle rider and has done many long distance trips, and he has been married for 52 years to a very nice lady with gray hair and so have I😀 we went out to dinner with them and had a wonderful time visiting. I think tonight was the highlight of the trip for me. I expect I will do quite a lot of corresponding with them in the days ahead.

I would write more but we normally go to bed about 8:30 pm each night and it is now 9:00 pm and I can hardly keep my eyes open. Sorry about that! Tomorrow is an 85 mile day with a super huge, giant, monster, killer mountain to climb.