Our adventures accross the state line, but first...

My favorite cartoon as a kid was Anamaniacs. One thing they did was "good idea, bad idea" where a skeleton character would act out a good idea and then a similar bad idea. So as one of my all day thoughts, I came up with some good ideas and bad ideas for cars and bike tourers...
Good idea: when you see a bike tourer honk softly to let them know you are behind them.
Bad idea: blare your horn as you go by to let the cyclist know that they shouldn't move into your lane!

Good idea: if you want to cheer a bike tourer on, drive by them and then give a honk and a wave.
Bad idea: stick your head out the window and make noise while flailing your arms right as you go by the cyclist. (I had this happen and I nearly jumped off my bike into the car with fear!)

Good idea: ask a tourer where he's headed and give him words of encouragment on his epic adventure.
Bad idea: try to high five him while driving! (ok this one didn't happen but it's what Anamaniacs would have done!)

So, yesterday we started on the road to California! No joke, for the first 40 miles we had a wonderful, beautiful, unadulterated, blissful tail wind! It was amazing how we flew down the roads with no trouble at all. Our bodies were going through the motions but didn't have to work hard at all :) we rocked into California just after lunch and suddenly the birds were chirping more, the waves were surfable, there were lovely flowers everywhere, and people were singing as they walked down the road! Ahhhhhh home state :)

We camped outside Crescent City in a redwood forest state park only after being frightened up a decent size climb by the traffic and a complete lack of shoulder! All in all we road 93 miles and did it 1 mile/ hour faster than any other day of our trip! We had a good night and were on the road this morning at our usual 8:22 am.

Today we made it 80+ miles to Eureka, ca and will stay here for the night. We had a fun day of riding through trees, small towns with populations of 60 and awesome ocean views. One scenic route was closed due to mowing, but because we were on bikes they had no problem with us being on it! It was an awesome 10 mile stretch where we were the only 2 people on the road! Giant Redwoods to ride amongst and no cars; it was beautiful!

With the gnarliest side wind ever, we road our bikes leaning hard into the wind into Eureka. We're off to the Lost Coast Brewery for a good time and then to a laundry mat for a better time! Yaay clean clothes!

Sorry for any typos, the iPhone won't let me spell check.