Day two of the velotour was stupendous. Today I biked from Santa Cruz to Monterey. It was a light day with just under 50 miles of wheeling. I had breakfast in Cafe Brasil thanks to the tip of a friend. Egg scramble with Açai Smoothie. Biking so much gives you the rare dual pleasure of eating a lot of food often and having it taste delicious.

Today’s ride led through beachside capitola, under redwood trees of aptos, and through coastal sun-drenched artichoke fields of Castroville. A bicycle path paralleling hwy 1 carried me on the last leg of the trip to Monterey.

Ridiculous wheeling tan. Like a farmers tan, but you get it from wheeling, not farming.

Getting started.

Yes, it’s beautiful here. These are my Dad’s shots and he didn’t take the scenic route.

Sea otters cavorting. All they do is cavort.

Rendezvous with Dad and T-Bone plus a little McSnackerstine. Twin smokestacks at Moss Landing power generation plant.

Throwing up duces leaving Moss Landing.

Drinking in Monterey. Risky bizniz.

Monterey Pier.

Dinner was a plate of chicken fajitas from a taqueria on canary row in Monterey. Dessert was two Safeway cookies. Whenever I buy food, I get the urge to say “I just biked here from Santa Cruz and I’m gonna ravage whatever you give me.” Now I’m blogging from a corporate hotel named “La Quinta,” which is Spanish for “Next to Dennys.”

Now for the map (will post full map and KML files on final day):

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What am I listening to now? Minimal techno.

Tomorrow is going to be treacherous along sheer cliffs with no bike lane leading up to Big Sur. If I don’t post by tomorrow night, call my family and console them. Actually don’t because access to wifi and gsm/edge is limited in big sur, so I may be just composing and not posting.