|
|
Wutheringbikes Home -- TransAm Bike Ride
|
Monday 30th August 2004
Seaside to Seaside - 0 miles. A day for exploring Seaside.We tried the library
but it's closed on Mondays. So instead we explored the used bookstore, almost
opposite. This tempted Guy into a book on Learning Polish and another book
equally obscure. Steve almost purchased abook by Simone de Beauvoir, but
looking at his panniers made him reconsider - they are stuffed overfull
as it is. So I'm thinking about it... We visited the surf shop on Highway
101 in town and I looked at surf rental. Didn't sound like there was much
good surf - blown about by an onshore breeze. The surfers recommended mornings,
before the wind gets going. When we then went to the seashore we discovered
that the sea looked very like Skegness - a bright breezy and choppy sort
of sea, not a majestic Pacific Ocean, with gently but powerfully crumbling
waves that originated somewhere near Japan (Steve's fantasy). The afternoon
on the beach was fun - Roughing It by Twain and a cat mystery by Lydia Adamson
were polished off, Guy being in the midst of Welsh Grammar. I went in the
sea and swam. This was against the advice posted on the various lifeguard
posts - which declared the sea to be rough. Well, not by Lincolnshire standards
it isn't! It was chilly - I've since been told that the temperature out
at sea is around 52 Fahrenheit. It wasn't quite that cold in the shallows.
Nobody hangs about fully immersed, I've noticed - it's a sea to play in,
but get out of frequently to warm up a bit. People wear wetsuits if they
are going to stay in very long. Finished the day with Chinese food on Highway
101 and a beer (Obsidian Stout from Deschuttes, very impressive). |
|
Wutheringbikes Home -- TransAm Bike Ride
|
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
