Left Buellton, California 10:45
Temp: 20 degrees C
Sunny and Cool /Heavy Crosswinds in the pm
We hit the local “Roasted Bean” for dark roast then headed back on the PCH towards Monterrey.
The folks in Buellton were in a fix with all the raging wildfires from Santa Barbara on down the coast, they were evacuating a good part of the homeowners.
We had hoped to go all the way up the coast on the #1 but whole sections of it were closed off from Santa Barbara up to the Monterrey Peninsula. The 101 is more of an interstate type of divided highway with much less interesting views. Oh well…
We stopped in at Thorsen Motorsports in Santa Maria hoping to find Vulcan Dayliner bags for my bike. Chris Thorson is the Kawi and Yamaha dealer there. Unfortunately he didn’t have them in stock and offered to courier them in but we couldn’t wait the couple days so he personally did his best to find and call the dealers on our way that might be able to order them in by the time we got there. In spite of the fact that he wasn’t making a dollar off us he really went out of his way to help us out. Great service , super great guy!! ….Your efforts were much appreciated Chris!
Today’s treat… rolling hills and vineyards, and a trip to the Monterrey Pier and Beach and Cannery Row for some great clam chowder!
Horrible crosswinds and COLD for two hours between Santa Maria and Salinas! Susie had both her fleece and her leathers on and was still shivering. Big change from the heat in Big Sur when we went through(wildfires everywhere) and the extreme heat we had in the Mojave desert four days ago.
We pulled into Seaside outside of Monterrey for the night at 7:30.
Kilometres - Daytrip: 356 km total: 22,163
Gas: $29.50 Tolls: $0
Lodging: Economy Inn $ 72
# posted by Richard and Susie @ 12:04 PM
