Day 79: San Francisco to San Simeon 386km
We are on our way South from San Francisco to Monterey and the coastal Big Sur route on California hwy1.But first..Dick has a city tour on the bike for me... Architecture The summer of love ( July - September) 1967... Haight Ashbury district. Psychedelia for the tourists. Through the Southern suburbs. We are in California... .. And through a tunnel... ...with a long slow line of traffic heading South. The cloud bank is waiting off shore again today. Nevertheless it is a cool 60deg F and we have three Icebreaker layers on. Pickers are bent over harvesting in the strawberry fields. Globe artichokes by the acre. Signs offer 10 artichokes for $1. We stop for lunch in Monterey... .. And set off on the Bug Sur highway 1. There are many other motorists with the same plan. It is a wonderful clear day with spectacular views of the Ocean. We are on the sea side of the road as we ride South. Sometimes there are no barriers and I can...