You know its time to get out of lompoc when you see a guy with “LOMPOC” tatooed in gigantic letters on his back. However, signs like the one below make you want to stay a little longer and listen to stories of the elderly.

So after a deluxe contenental breakfast buffet, I hit highway 1 again and climbed for 13.5 miles to a small summit right before descending onto highway 101, which took me to the Hollister exit at Goleta.

James’ parents pried him away from Santa Barbara for the weekend at the last minute, so my dreams of having a beer with him were shattered. All just aids reminding me that the journey is the reward. From the Hollister exit, I made my way to Del Playa and crossed the finish line at the beach.

Then I hopped in the car with my Dad and we drove to an old Danish settled village of Solvang, which was incredbly strange. All the architecture is danish, but of course, all the labor is Mexican. It made of the kind of wonderful socio-economic non-sequitor that I’m here to study and we had bratwurst at a Danish/German restaurant.

I’m currently on the road, heading back to the Bay Area. I feel great and my wheeling muscles are at the next level.

Here’s today’s map, about 48 miles:

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The map of the full trip lies below. If you want a closer look, here is the Google Earth file you can download to see the entire route. I reduced the resoltuion of the gpx files to 100 to decrease the file size, so some detail is lost, but you can still open it up and see the entirety of my journey. If you want a higher res version because you’re actually planning to do the trip, send me an email or comment on this post.
The whole trip (~367 Miles):

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Ok, now back to this blog being a reblog for my browsing as I eat cereal and worry about Chinese class in providence, RI.