Mileage: 61.1; 3,846 total
The day was overcast at the start, but began raining in the afternoon and was soon raining pretty hard. Riding in the rain isn't ideal, but it really isn't too bad if you don't mind being soaked.
Matt and I rode together, more or less: he rode at his pace, and I tried to keep up but usually dropped off his pace. We generally met at rest stops along the way, and ended up sharing a motel room again.
Matt was certainly good company. Unlike most other bicycling tourists whom I have met, he is neither retired nor a student. He is about 40 years old, and works as a contracting para-medic. He had just returned from a year in Kuwait, and had time for this trip because he was between contracts. Matt is certainly a strong rider: whenever we came to a hill (oddly, there were several very short, but steep hills along the coast) he would stand up and charge up the hill. He is also a serious, technical mountain climber, having traveled as far as Tibet on climbing expeditions.
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