The good times just keep on rolling. With french toast to start the morning, it was another great day. The weather had been a little foggy to start the morning today, just as it was yesterday. With fog in the sky, it did happen to be a little warmer outside today. It was warmer by maybe only a few degrees, but it made it possible to wear shorts and a t-shirt. We lounged around a little before starting the great afternoon, and it felt good to relax and enjoy eachother's company. We had to wait for the afternoon to warm up a little and as the day went forward it grew nicer outside. We planned on heading to the beach this afternoon, so I was glad to see the temperatures change as they did. While we sat indoors we ate a nice warm soup that Samona had prepared. It was full of many fresh vegetables and it tasted amazing. It was the perfect thing to have to warm you up while sitting indoors on the cool day. The view from the window of the house never ceased to amaze me, and I caught myself staring out of it many times throughout the day. As we sat inside we were able to view a cool show on the discovery channel. It was, the making of highway 1 on the coast. They showed all of the work that had to be done to make the road possible for traveling. From all of the dynamite they had to use to make some of the roads possible in the mountains to the bridges they used to make it possible to go in between mountains. It was incredible to see all of the work they had gone through to make it possible for a road to travel along the ocean. It was such a beautiful road from what I had seen so far and I couldn't wait to view what laid ahead. It was such a beautiful day to explore around 3, and I was anxious to get a glimpse of what my ride would be like when we left. We drove down highway 1 south, past Devil's Slide, and saw some incredible scenery. Devil's slide was such a unique place, as I was told that the area had to be closed for 5-6 months because of it's most recent land slide. They had repaired the road, but were starting to build a tunnel inside of the mountain because of all of the troubles the location of the road had caused. I'm not sure when the process will be done, but it looked like it was coming along fairly well as we passed by. The road seemed like it didn't change to much as we headed south. It seemed like the highway 1 that I had experienced north of San Francisco was about the same as I was travelling south of San Francisco. Everything seemed to go by fairly quick as we travelled in the car, and I knew it was going to be interesting to see the difference of driving and cycling as this was going to be the same route I would take in a couple of days. When we reached the beach it was interesting to find out that this wasn't any normal beach. This was Maverick Beach. Famous for having some of the largest waves in the area. Around November all of the big professional surfers will come to this beach and compete for a large cash prize. With over 75 foot waves that come pounding in to the beach, people will stand high up on the cliff to view the competition. It seemed like such an incredible event and would be amazing to witness. The waves that we witnessed weren't exactly 75 foot waves, but they were maybe some 5-10 foot waves. There were a few kayaks out in the area and it seemed like it could have been fairly dangerous in certain parts, as the rocks were in their way. We spent the day enjoying the weather and the beach. It was a great afternoon to spend on the beach and I absolutely loved the hours there. It was fun to be able to play with Emma at the beach and it was great to spend some time enjoying what I had come so far to see, the ocean. As we finished up at the beach we started to head toward the harbor. We were going to have crab for the evening and it was best to cook the live ones. We asked some of the fisherman if they had any crabs, but it turned out that it was out of season at the harbor. The off season was apparently July to November and to receive any live ones they were coming from Washington or Alaska's shore. We went up the harbor to a little store. The shop sold Washington crabs and we were able to get three of them. They weren't crabs from the harbor right where we were, but they were still live crabs and they weighed out at 5 lbs. It was quite the process when we came back to the house and started to cook them. We boiled up some water and it was pretty cool to watch them as they fell in to the boiling water. With their claws shaking violently out of the water. Even though they were alive, my mouth was watering at the sight of how big these crabs were. Everything was incredible as dinner edged closer. Samona had prepared an incredible salad with fresh avocados, tomatoes, onions, leafy greens, carrots, fresh feta cheese, and a few other vegetables. There was a butter sauce that was able to be heated as we enjoyed our crabs and it was a picture worthy moment. From the most incredibly relaxing day to the most incredible meal. I continually had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming as everything was falling into place the way that it was. I had truly been shown San Francisco as if a king to the area. Sleeping on a full stomach was never a problem and waking up seemed like it was always full of one surprise after another.
Daily mileage: 0.0 miles
Total mileage: 3,129.6 miles
Daily mileage: 0.0 miles
Total mileage: 3,129.6 miles
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