Day 7: Crescent City CA

Today’s Highlights:

We had our first rest day with no riding.  It was time for chores – laundry and bike maintenance.  We took a walk to the Battery Point Lighthouse, visited one art gallery in town and spend an hour in a small aquarium.

We found a good restaurant for dinner on the water, the Chart House.  Had a great meal, then visited the seals on the dock and watched the sunset behind Battery Point Lighthouse.  The day went by fast without much down time.  We are looking forward to a big ride tomorrow.

The ride leader, Mike Munk, takes a lot of pictures of riders.  You can see more photos of our trip on his sites, Mike Munks Photos.  There is also a link to it on the sidebar now.

Rest Day

I got to sleep in until 8am! Yeehaw! Dad got up early and did laundry. Thanks, Dad! Then we took a walk with Russ to the lighthouse and around town. I took my Garmin with me so you can see our little excursion below. The lighthouse was neat, but the only thing worth looking at in town was the art gallery. There was some very good stained glass work.

Since there wasn’t much in town, we came back to the hotel and cleaned our bikes. They were pretty gross from the long rides in damp weather. I spent a good chunk of time cleaning my frame, wheels and even the spokes. I say, “You need to look fast to be fast.” I then let Dad clean the chain and the gears, which will actually let me be fast. Thanks Dad!

We did go to the aquarium, the very small aquarium. It was fun, though. The seals did some fun tricks and we got to pet lots of things including a few sharks. After dinner we got to walk up to some free range seals for free (pics below). They didn’t do any tricks.

Dad said, “No whining on the blog” but I tell ya my knees have been hurting. I thought it was because these climbs are tough and I’m not used to them, but Stacia said it was because my butt was sagging (she could tell from the pictures). I asked the support team here and they agreed that my butt was sagging, so we took some measurements and found that I needed to raise my seat 3 inches. We raised it and I took a spin around the parking lot. It feels really different. I’ll try it for tomorrow’s ride. I hope it helps because it’s a long one with a lot of climbing. If not, at least I’ll look good.

Chris

Pictures Of The Day:

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