loosies
loosies – Santa Cruz to Santa Barbara
spot the monkey
big sur
a glamorous lunch on the freeway
insane steep climb into the mountains
home for a week
1 day race – road-kill v bungees – 16 to 13
blessings/good lucks on the road – 36
condors seen – 3
bananas grabbed from back of partners bike whilst cycling – 1
fruit eaten from trees – avocados, figs, grapefruit, apricots, oranges, lemons
most calories consumed for breakfast – 1300, 4.30 am stealth camp with 1 liter of Yerba mate to wash it down
questions asked by a bamboozled, curious Chinese guy – 17
number of deliciously calorific pop tarts eaten – 36, 200kcals a pop!
times I heard ‘holy shit, check that guy out!’ – 6
types of tree used for camp fire – eucalyptus, pine, palm
number of flat tires – 0
weight off stuff sent home – 8kgs
top speed 39.2 MPH
books given away – 5
longest day – 82 miles
number of kites broken – 1
number of times offered and declined money – 1
most useful/used/loved gear – stove, headlamp, tent, 850 smelly down sleeping bag
number of times offered and accepted lunch – 2
epic battles watched between elephant sea lions – 3
nights out dumpster diving – 3
best breakfast eaten in 3 months – 8 egg omelet with spinach and peppers, with English muffins, from the previous nights dumpster!
beer found – 1 whole case and 1 can of bud
times wasp flew into my shorts and repetitively stung me whilst cycling – 1
flies caught in mouth – 2
flies caught in nose – 1
flies caught in eye – 2
invites into people’s home – 2
best roadside harvest – fennel and rosemary
current ‘roadmade’ trail mix – dried tropical fruit, bbq soybeans, peanuts, pretzels, lime corn nuts, cinnamon almonds, sunflower seeds, cheerios, [all in handlebar bag for convenient grazing]
best flowers eaten on the road – nasturtium
times pulled over by cops for riding on ‘free’ -way – 3
times the word ‘wilderness’ is used in a campfire conversation – 20+
nicest meal cooked over a wood foraged fire – fennel infused peanut rice with paprika seasoned salmon, nutritious and delicious!
most water consumed in a day – 5 liters + the nightly campfire tea ceremonies
longest wrong turn – 8 miles
total miles to date – 605
