The People You Meet Along the Road - III

The spectacular ride through Big Sur was made better by a new set of cycling friends who we stayed with in Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park or rode with the next day. Don and Trevor were a father-son duo of locals - Trevor had been cycling in Europe for months and was finishing with a ride down the west coast, and his dad joined him for the 10-day leg from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Then there was an eclectic crew that included Jamie the Aussie, Robert from England (who had stayed with our friends Jenny and Anthony in Whitehorse shortly after he started his ride from Alaska in July!), Jan and Til from Germany, and Tamara who had been riding and camping together for a few days. We also met Dasha and Kent from Vancouver (but missed getting a photo of them!) who were riding down the coast to Cabo San Lucas - we may meet up with them later on in Central America as they plan to continue their travels south after Christmas. The next day we rode with Edward, a double century rider (i.e. a racer in 200-mile cycling competitions!), who was from Anaheim and had ridden in the area before so was the first cyclist to confirm that riding over Nacimeinto-Fergusson Road is not only possible, but enjoyable if you get a kick out of riding quiet roads with steep grades.Read more