October 13, 2023
[Oct 13] Day 2 - Mountain View to Moss Landing
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Woke up at 6 am and rolled out at 7:30 am. Had the leftover fried rice for breakfast. Biked through Cupertino and passed some students going to Friday class.
Since we’re not on the ACA Pacific Coast Route yet, we just used Google Maps which took us on some gravel paths through Lexington Reservoir County Park. I don’t think there was any better alternative though.
Had a nice descent into Soquel (next to Santa Cruz) with lunch at Pizza My Heart where we devoured two large slices each.
Biked to the Pacific Ocean at Capitola Beach. We’re now on the ACA Pacific Coast Route.
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Weather was perfect, high was 70 degrees with a breeze and some shade. Traffic was light to moderate.
Got chased by two dogs, one of whom lunged and hit my bag. Passed a lot of farmland.
Arrived at Moss Landing (population: 237) which contains the Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, a multi-campus research facility of the California State University and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.
Had Lemongrass Thai for dinner (Thai again because there weren’t many options in this small town, but it was pretty good.
Went to Tristan’s Cookies and Cream for dessert. I got a chocolate chip cookie + strawberry cheesecake ice cream + snickerdoodle sandwich. The ice cream had real strawberry chunks. Nikhil got a chocolate chip cookie with bubble gum ice cream sandwich which came with bubble gum balls.
Difficulty today: 4/5
Nutrition during ride:
- 1 Clif Bar (chocolate)
- 1 Chewy granola bar (chocolate)
- 1 Gu energy gel (birthday cake)
- 50 mg caffeine
Today's ride: 66 miles (106 km)
Total: 126 miles (203 km)
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