Summer 1997 - Yukon to California
Journals - 7 September 1997
Day 59
7 September 1997 (hot; sunny; nice; mileage = 28.5; Limekiln Mystery
[Mystery since it's not listed anywhere] State Park) -- X - We got up at
7:00 (or later). We were almost done with our take down and breakfast when
D&N got up. They also wanted to make pancakes which we knew would be
time-consuming. We unloaded the bikes and went on a little bike/hike to the
Pfeiffer Falls. They were really quite beautiful. When we returned, D&N
were still nowhere near done, so I adjusted all of April's brakes. Much
better now apparently. When they finally were ready, I put Nancy's rear
panniers on my bike (with all of my stuff and her rear rack stuff -- April
has her front panniers). This left her with a totally unloaded bike and me
with a very loaded one. Even still, right out of the park, I put 7 minutes
on them climbing our 1st hill. I was only 1 minute up on April. Then we
descended back to the Big Sur cliffs for a whole day of Big Sur scenery.
And we sure took our time through it. MANY stops to wait, etc. We spotted
sea lions in the kelp bed while we were stopped for a break. Lunch was a
beautiful spot under some trees that was high on the cliffs. After lunch,
more of the same. (Actually, I think we saw otters at lunch and sea lions
earlier -- we saw both. [A - we saw both earlier, actually.]) We finally
all dragged into Lucia, which is just a resort and gas stop a la Alcan.
There were two campgrounds ahead. There was this mysterious state park and
there was the place Dennis and I stayed at last time. He wanted to go
there, but there weren't any showers there. I rode down the hill to ask
about hike/bike. It was only $11 for all of us, but the park guy seemed
like he wanted us to NOT stay there. Well, then I rode down a second time
and I came back and said A and I would stay here for $11 and they could
have a shower here and go on if they wanted to. There is a rushing river
that all of the sites are along, like at Pfeiffer but much narrower. The
+1-dollar sites are very out of the way and the river is quite loud (which
is nice). In fact, it looks like the spot on our morning hike where April
said "This is where I wanted to camp." I was hot from my 2 climbs out of
the park and I went down to the river and waded in. It was VERY cold, but I
eventually got completely submerged for a bit. Very refreshing. Dennis had
to follow suit. They both (D&N) went and took a shower and went to the
beach. A and I made excellent Knorr and olives, etc. I got the bikes, tent,
camp ready. When D&N came back, we were ready for a trip to the beach. It
was a beautiful cove where the river meets the ocean. The sand is black
with polished stones that we collected. We climbed up a pointy rock and
watched the sky light up with neon orange and pink in the sunset. Back to
the tent and the sounds of the river. (*Picture-Chris and April watching
sunset) -- A - We used port-o-lets at 2 construction sites also. Very
convenient!
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