It was a chilly 47F when we started at Costco, but clear and with a powerful tailwind as we headed to the coast. How many times have we ridden into a head wind, looking forward to turning around, only to find the promised tailwind never materializes? At least when you start with a tailwind, nature can never take that away from you.
Possibly because of the coolness, the bike path and beach path were less crowded that usual.
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| SART |
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| Beach path |
We ate at The Crema but they had no veggie baguettes. Apparently they only have one person who can make them and they weren't working that day. Amber had a veggie quiche which gave her serious stomach problems later :-(
Even the San Gabrielle trail was very quiet and when the sun came out, it was lovely.
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| San Gabriel trail |
We ate lightly at El Monte and Amber got some Tums from the Shell. She really wanted Ex-Lax but they didn't have any. She only ate half of her pastry and we gave the rest to a pigeon who must have thought it was Christmas all over again. It probably ate until it passed out in a food coma and was easy prey for the next cat that came along. Oh well.
The trails had shown signs of recent flooding but the top of the Rio Hondo, which is prone to extreme flooding was impassable. We should have stayed on Lincoln and rejoined the trail at the dam, but we're too stubborn for that.
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| Top of the Rio Hondo trail |
As we headed back on the SART I realized our late start meant we would have to hustle to get to Katella before the gates were locked at 6pm. Amber was in no condition to pull so I pulled at 18mph with Amber hanging on my wheel as best she could. We got to Katella at 5:56! We rode the rest of the way at a more manageable 14mph and still recorded a 9:35 time.
We got so lucky with the wind with only 15 miles of headwind into Long Beach (as usual). The rest of the ride was either still or with a tailwind.
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