After passing through the Marine Corp Reservation, we had the pleasure of riding through a series of beach towns. Oceanside had a cool natural food market where we met a free spirited cyclist who had ridden from Sarasota across the country. He had been on the road for 90 days and talked about how he had couch surfed a good portion of the way. He also spoke of the incredible heat that forced him to ride super early before sunrise and quit around lunchtime. We shared our cold and wet stories of Washington and Oregon.
There were many cyclists on the road, as this part of the country is very popular for triathlons. There was no shortage of impressive bikes to view from across the road. We met some friendly riders who gave us tickets for a ferry we would need tomorrow to make it to the border.
This was a short day of riding, with 58 miles to our downtown San Diego hotel. Many beaches along the way enticed us, like the whole La Jolla area and Mission Beach, but we were determined to get in and unload our gear.
We spent the rest of our day cleaning up and retrieving boxes for our bikes to be shipped home. We caught a great sunset to top off the day at Mission Beach. The border awaits tomorrow!
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