Our stay in Redway was pretty neat. Our hosts have a garden and yurt in their backyard, a pool with humongous goldfish and coy fish, and a forested area which connects down to the river. Susan and Jeff and sent us off this morning with a bag full of cookies. The extra calories were much appreciated!
We scooted into Garberville just 2 miles south of Redway for a large breakfast and caloric smoothie, all of which would become very crucial towards our big Leggett hill.
Our first 40km was more or less all up hill, all in anticipation of our big climb. We grabbed some Peg Leg sandwiches to go right before Leggett so that we can celebrate with food once we reached the ocean. In total today we climbed over 2000m. This is the most either of us have climbed in a day, so it’s a pretty cool feeling to still be able to walk down the street after grinding through so much climbing, and it gives us hope that we can recover from the next 8 days, most of which will also include intense climbing.
The main Leggett hill was probably not the worst hill of our lives, but it was the tallest. We weaved our way back and forth through the winding road as we descended a full 550m before climbing yet another 200m. At last, we were back at the Pacific! With food on our mind, we stopped at the first town to scarf down those Peg Leg sandwiches. At the store front, we met up with two Pacific Coast cyclists that we are actually staying with tonight at another Warmshower in Mendocino. We crossed paths a few more times before finally meeting up back at our host’s place.
The town is quite stunning, and our host, Jesse, was kind enough to open up his place to us for the night and share some of his epic mountain bike and South America cycle stories.
We head along the coast on Highway 1 towards Jenner tomorrow, and although we are not cutting through a mountain range, we will still encounter quite a bit of climbing throughout the day.
Count:
Bars devoured – 29
Bananas chomped – 31
Peanut butter wraps – 16
Arizona iced tea drained – 9.3L
Warmshower hosts – 11
Total ascent – 13,800
Calories burned – 53,000
Total distance – 1460km
Pacific Coast Trail 
Have been reading the posts and amazed at your accomplishments. The pictures are spectacular. Wow !!!! Have a great time and be safe auntie Renee
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Thanks auntie Renee! The roads have been more safe than cycling in Toronto/ the GTA too 🙂 Our legs are ready for a vacation for sure, but overall we’re feeling pretty good.
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