Day 12

From Little River to Bodega Bay
95 miles
6,301 feet of climbing
13.3 mph average speed

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For me, this was probably my best day of cycling ever. I felt great even at the end of the day's ride, and the climbing just seemed to come naturally. Highway 1 reminds me in places of the Cliffs of Insanity (see Princess Bride), and in the steepest most treacherous spot on the road, cows appear from who knows where. I passed one big black cow, who was untroubled by my passage, but when Tjuan passed a minute later the cow took issue with his recumbent, got up, and ambled off. Tjuan shared with me later that he feared that the beast was a bull, and his red garb was serving as the cape.