2017 09-11 San Diego – Cabrillo National Monument shake down ride

Our day started at 7 with a traditional Adventure Cycling breakfast consisting of cereal, fruit, yogurt and oatmeal.  The table also contained the fixings for making a lunch to eat during our shakedown ride.  The actual shakedown ride was not scheduled to start until 9, which made some of the rabbit riders who like to get out of “camp” early a little edgy.  

Today we rode as a group, which is not typical.  The first stop in the route was at the Ocean Beach Dog Beach, where we did the tradition wheel dip.  The tradition is to dip your rear wheel in the ocean at the start of your trip and the front wheel in the ocean at the end of your trip.  We have now achieved half the tradition.  The other half will occur in November when we have ridden our 3200 miles.

Our second stop was at the Cabrillo National Monument.  On September 28, 1542, Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo and his crew sailed into the harbor, now occupied by the USA Navy, and became the first Europeans to set foot on what would later become the west coast of the Untied States.  The views from the monument where spectacular and made up for the effort we had in climbing from the Beach to the monument.

The rest of the day was spent – resting.  Although some of the younger members of the group went down to bogie board in the ocean. 

Tomorrow we will leave San Diego, marking the real beginning of our journey.

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