Had a pretty good ride today through a constantly changing landscape, from small Coastal surfer towns (Ventura), Venice like waterfront communities ( Oxnard ) , a Naval base (Port Heneume) a huge air force missile base at Point Magu, open farmland, dramatic Coastal cliffs ( are all cliffs coastal?) and finally into Malibu. You can tell Malibu is approaching as the number of expensive looking beachfront communities increase as well as the number of Porsches buzzing up and down the pacific coast highway. It's a great Coastal ride with views of the beaches all the way into Malibu. Unfortunately the camping opportunities are pretty much non existent from here down to San Diego so found a hotel tonight. Not cheap as you can imagine so will move on tomorrow. Delicious taco for dinner on the Pier watching the surfers catching lazy waves on longboards and fisherman on the pier (not catching anything).
Punctured on the way in to Malibu and have now really worn through rear tyres so need to find bike shop at some point today. Internet access has made some planning possible, had a conversation with a woman yesterday about biking opportunities around San Diego and there is a popular climb at Mount Palomar (6000ft) which looks good as well as a few good looking routes with both mountains and desert landscapes. The route south from here looks pretty cool (Venice beach, Santa Monica, Long Beach , Huntingdon) but will be a challenge negotiating the Southern LA sprawl. Weather still dominated by the 'June gloom' so cloudy a lot of the time but cool rather than cold and hot when the sun finally appears. Anyway off to breakfast now, coffee and carbs are waiting.
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