Monterey Bay Bike Ride

I'm going through the pictures we took over the summer and realized that we haven't been doing a very good job of posting everything to our blog. With the 150-mile challenge, we explored a different place each weekend. Probably the most fun bike ride we did was a 52-mile ride around Monterey Bay. We parked our car in Monterey, geared up, and then headed North along a trail that follows the bay's coastline. During most of the ride, we could see and hear the waves of the bay. Sand drifted across the bike path at many points. We also passed lots of farms growing artichokes, strawberries, and other delicious looking produce. We hit Castroville (16 mile mark) and then turned around.





Once we made it back to Monterey, we stopped at our car for lunch. Then it was time to head South through Monterey and onto 17-Mile Drive. This part of the journey was very picturesque, especially with all of the perfectly manicured golf courses. At this point, I was beginning to wish I brought my clubs along. But of course I realized that toting golf clubs on my bike would probably be a little difficult. We did get a couple of fun pictures, including a shot of Celeste and me in front the 8th green at the Links at Spanish Bay.



We continued a little further down 17-Mile Drive as the fog started to roll in. We saw several antlered deer meandering along the golf courses. We stopped at bird rock to look at hundreds of sea lions resting on the rocks. Then turned around to head back to the car and home. Total mileage count = 52 miles (13 miles toward the 150-mile challenge).