Jonesin for a Ride!

We start usually at 8 am every morning to enjoy the crisp mornings and light traffic. Today was no different as we left Rocky Point, only for me to notice I wasn’t getting and power to the pedals. Gauges showed on and power levels, but definitely no power. Paul had a similar issue when we were test riding the bikes over the summer… and pushing on of three buttons in some kind of sequence seem to do a reboot and after a couple of miles I was back to normal power control.

Our ride definitely flattened out as we left Rocky Point and past Hearst Castle. We continue to stop about every 10 miles to take a short break – these breaks included views of sea lions on the beaches.

Cambria was another break for coffee and goodies before we continued to Morro Bay.

The stretch to morrow bay was a bit tough as it was a headwind for 20 miles and along a very boring straight part of route 1.

Once to Morrow bay it was back to smaller city roads and some bike trails to SLO. From there a downhill run to Pismo Beach where we stayed at the Palomar Inn, with a gastro brewhouse on one side and a coffee house on the other. Coincidence?

We had dinner at the brewhouse to watch the dodgers lose, and coffee and breakfast at The Steaming Bean the next morning.

We left Pismo Beach early the next day as we had another 60 mile day with a large hill climb at the end.

Days 6 ride took us through lots and lots and lots of coastal farm land. There wasn’t much in the way of towns once we left Pismo/Glover Beach area. We had mostly rolling hills and eventually past a large farming distribution area before we arrived in Guadalupe. Guadalupe is a sleepy farming town, almost something out of a twilight zone. I came across the old Far Western Tavern Saloon and Steakhouse building (They are now relocated in Orcutt)

After Guadalupe we slowly continued along route one towards Lompoc and Vandenburg AFB. Our route took us past route one to a small road called Harris Grade Road, which was a steep twisty road up, with a nice downhill glide to downtown Lompoc.

Once we checked in and cleaned up, we headed to a couple of bars in old town. First was Jaspers, a funky old bar where the locals can hang. Then a few blocks heading back to the hotel we stopped in at Solvang Brewing Company to wet our whistles, eat some pizza and watch the Dodgers win game seven!

Make sure the lights are charged and working

The original Far Western Tavern in Guadalupe [/caption
Guadalupe is a sleepy small town

Our accommodations in Lompoc

Jaspers

Sorry, was too busy eating and watching the dodgers game – didn’t take pics of the place, but is was cool old building with indoor / outdoor casual seating.

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