Slept till 8-counting on a short day-want to catch ride up mt.  Stayed on 101-very little traffic-bike route didn’t look good.  Get to Leggett (pop 123)-hungry-need to find a ride.  Stop at small (very small) old gas station (like you’d find in west TX).  How far to town? This IS the town!!  Do you know anyone I can pay $20 to take me to the top? NO!!!!  Have Gatorade & 2 bags of chips-sitting on ground-looking pathetic–big dog walks over to share my chips.  ATTITUDE-I NEED AN ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT.  Leader is mounting up-that’s my clue.  Now off 101-beginning of 1-Narrow, steep, no shoulder, very winding & curvy.  Turtle rides again-5 m to top-going down riding brakes-going faster than speed limit for cars.  Luckily very few cars on rd.  Oh-NO-Another 3 m climb-why am I doing this?  Finally get to the ocean & Westport Inn ($88) @ 3:30.  Inn says closed but key is in the door.  Jean is great at finding us places to stay.  Man has caregiver who is trying to open Inn again.  Room is very clean-have electric fire place-eat at little market across street.  Jean says we climbed 4,800 ft.  Have map meeting-compare adventures-& knees-Lynn’s look much worse than mine.  We also agree that we need different bikes w/lower gears.  WE ARE WORKING WAY TOO HARD.  WE ARE TRULY BLESSED TO EVEN BE HERE.  Tomorrow is another day.

53 MILES  9.8 MPH (3-35 MPH) 5 HRS 20 MIN BIKING TIME  4,800 FT OF ELEVATION