I don't know why, but I had a hard time pronouncing Gualala and Petaluma so every time someone asked us where we had started or where we were going today, I sounded like I had a speech defect. Today we rode 76 miles from Gualala to Petaluma with 6100' of climbing. The first fifty miles was similar to the previous day, with a low of 46F (51 degrees cooler than the high on day two), spectacular scenery, lots of climbing, and no shoulder.
We had lunch (or was it second breakfast) at the Fort Ross store. One thing we constantly found in the small communities that only had one store is that the stores were excellent, with high quality produce and a wide selection. We never had to look far for good food.
At Bodega Bay we did a little off-roading before heading inland on the steepest, roughest, most wonderful road of the ride. At the base of the inland section we met three retired gentlemen who gave us some local advice and proceeded to trounce us up the climb (me, not Amber)
Here's some of the off-road part.
Here's some of the climbing that was rougher than the off-road!
A few miles inland we ate at the Casino bar in Bodega - a rough and ready bar run by a lady with a grill and a great attitude.
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| Casino bar and grill |
At Petaluma, Amber found a great Japanese restaurant where we had a well deserved dinner. Gotta love Yelp.
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