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Carmel by the Coach Collar (Day 5)

Posted on 06. May, 2008 by Derrick in Bike Tours

When we broke camp from Big Sur, it was 6am and our plan was to push hard to Cambria CA. It would have been close to 70 miles, and I wasn’t sure if the torain was going to be as brutal as the day before. To add to that, we had two more days of camping before we could get to a hotel and wash clothes.

We had a meeting of the minds at about mile 5 into our 5th day. Summer made an executive decision that this was supposed to be a “vacation” not boot camp. I agreed. Mostly because I wanted to keep Summer as a girlfriend, not my X-girlfriend.

The decision was to turn back and stay at a hotel in Carmel by the Sea.

You cant tell, but Summer was crying in this picture. We had to re-ride the 26 miles from the previous day. The difference between day 4 and day 5 was that we had a 15-20mph head wind going back north. I had a tough time making headwind. I’m 200lbs and I’ve rode in some brutal rides before, but this was out of bounds as far as pushing the human body. We should have had a day of rest after day 3, I should have stopped us two days ago.

When we finaly got to Carmel by the sea we found a hotel close to the center of town and decided head out for an honest meal. We had been camping for the last 3 nights and had nothing but camping food.

We found a little dive that served some of the most amazing sea food we have ever had. I’m not sure if it was due to eating camping food for 3 days, the brutal ride, or the exhaustion, but it was delicious. Summer had crab, and I had oysters. Couple of glasses of wine and creme brulee.

We stumbled on a Coach store and I decided to reward Summer with a new purse. Summer decided to reward our Labrador Guinness with a Coach collar.

We also bought a bottle of wine and drank next to the fire place.

Tags: Carmel by the sea, Coach, creme brulee, oysters, wine