Singing: whoa oh oh Bodega Bay

Rest day today from Occidental which involved a ride to Bodega Bay and back (50 km) over a steep climb with a compensating downhill.

First we woke to a very misty morning with thick due, I must say that Occidental is a lovely village nestled in a valley on a ridge surrounded by mature redwood trees, it has that euro feel. Apparently mountain lions roam here.
So woke up to this today and we crossed the road for breakfast at Howards Cafe.



From there it was an out of uniform day to ride to the coast, Goose and Rocket took the sag wagon. The climb was quite steep in parts but our new level of fitness saw effortless riding. Here are some of the redwoods, in some parts the forest it still was dark and wet.



Then we got our first view of the Pacific Ocean again. Weather as usual low 20s sun that doesn't really produce sunburn, slight northerly tailwind.



Then it was a short hop to Bodega Bay for lunch at the wharf, even the seagulls are bigger in the US.



Rocket ordered Nachos and this is what showed up, we are on about a one in three rate of guessing correctly what we have ordered.



At lunch we could watch the sea lions patrol for food morsels



On the way back via the town of Bodega we road through this eucalypt avenue, smelt very much like back home.



So it's now time we got ready for our last day. Goose is in yellow and Rocket has regained 'red'. The points are very close with anyone a chance to claim yellow at that final sprint on the Golden Gate bridge. the route suggests we will ride 114 km tomorrow mostly down hwy 1 which has a reasonable shoulder and low volume traffic.

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