The Pacific Coast Bicycle Route

Why cycling the Pacific Coast from San Francisco to San Diego?
Well...why not? As a kid I always wanted to bike from The Netherlands (where I was born) to southern France or Spain, but never did. One of those things that you always push off to a later time, and then never happen. Well we are going to change that!
So somewhere, sometime (probably while drinking a beer) I decide to investigate the options. I started reading some books about cycle-touring, and hinting my wife that I had no problem in having her go on a multi-day tennis tournament trip with her friends as long as I could do a little bike trip ;o)

So I ended up on  http://www.adventurecycling.org/ and picked the Pacific Coast Bicycle Route.
This route starts in Vancouver, British Columbia and ends at Imperial Beach, California. Because I only got approval for 5 working days off "me time" I had to cut it short and opted to ride leg 4 and 5.

The Pacific Coast Bicycle Route

Leg 4 starts at San Francisco, and ends in Santa Barbara. I plan to rent a car, drive up to San Jose on May 26th, and then take the train to San Francisco early Sunday morning. Then my journey start at the Golden Gate Bridge.

 

San Francisco to Santa Barbara

The second section (leg 5) is from Santa Barbara to Imperial Beach. I likely will take an early left (Oceanside or Encinitas), and go inland to Ramona where I life.

Santa Barbara to Imperial Beach

So the plan is to start the ride on May 27th, and see if we can make it back to Ramona on June 3rd. Until then preparing my gear, training for "saddle time", and keeping you guys in the loop.