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| Day 27 Route |
Sunday night was an 'out of cell service' night so didn't hear about their day until this evening but by all accounts they were having a great time, meeting lots of other cyclists and found a great place to spend the night.
On Saturday evening the guys got chatting with the manager of the Pfeiffer Big Sur Park Lodge during their meal and noticed a large group of cyclists also staying at the park. In the morning they headed for breakfast and were invited by the manager to share the buffet spread put out for the cyclists.
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| Breakfast Buffet |
Needing no second invitation they soon started talking to the cyclists, and discovered they were the
Fireflies West (supporting City of Hope, the same charity the group they met on the Prairies 3 yrs ago were riding for). The Fireflies West is group
of 50 cyclists riding to raise money for leukemia research. Gary says, "They were very welcoming and we joined them for a buffet breakfast with a
kind invitation from the Lodge manager and then spent the morning riding
and mingling with them as we proceeded south. Brian Farhy, the
event leader, his support staff, and the riders
were most kind, sharing their food and water and best wishes at stops
or along the road as they passed us on road bikes."
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| Fireflies amassing |
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| Fireflies getting ready to ride |
Apparently, Gary got so caught up in the group he didn't realize Tug and Kevin had stopped for lunch in Gordo until the Fireflies support van driver passed him with a message they had stopped!
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| Tug and Kevin cresting one of big long hills. |
The ride, despite the convivial company, was a day of lot of big hills but the expected traffic didn't materialize as they had feared. When you have 50+riders on the road it tends to slow everyone down as the vehicles have to wait for safe places to pass clumps of riders. Also, a single-lane construction area kept the cars coming in spurts, so there were lots of car free periods on the road and the day turned out to be a much safer day than they were expecting.
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| Vista along the route |
They ended their day at
Ragged Point Inn and Restaurant, "a real gem...the grounds and vistas were stunning. Hummingbirds were everywhere." And the food was good too!
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| Ragged Point Inn gardens |
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| Tug contemplating the view |
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