Ann and I drove up to San Clemente in the morning and parked by the pier, where we met up with Charlie and Pat for a ride up the coast. Honestly, I thought this was going to be a more casual ride than it turned out to be, and it was more hilly as well. I won't try to describe the route we took, since it had a lot of side streets and bike paths in it. Essentially, we rode through San Clemente, Dana Point, South Laguna, Laguna Beach, Emerald Bay, Crystal Cove, Corona del Mar, and into Newport Beach, where we rode onto Balboa Island and took a food/restroom break. There were a lot of gradual uphills and downhills along PCH, and we rode up a short, very steep road in Laguna Beach. Around that same road on the way back, we were coming down, and Pat wasn't sure which road to take. I got into a position where I couldn't turn fast enough on a steep downhill and had a slow-motion crash. Nothing hurt, just a little skinned knee and bruised ego. Charlie and Leslie were staying at the Doheny Beach State Park campground, which has some really nice campsites right on the beach. Campsites are pretty small, nothing to write home about other than the proximity to the ocean. Train runs nearby as well. We stopped there on the way back, Charlie and I got separated from Pat, and I didn't see him turn onto another street. But we reconnected at the campsite. Leslie rode with us back to the parking lot by the pier on her e-bike, and that thing has some power to help get up hills! She kept right up with us. Around Balboa Island, I messed up the route tracking on my Wahoo and lost about 6 miles of distance before I got it corrected. So the Fitbit route is more accurate in this case.
Avg speed = 14.0 mph. Total mileage = 46.7 mi
Avg power = 111 W. Weighted avg power = 152 W
Total elevation gain = 2380'
Avg heartrate = 121 W
We had lunch at Sonny's in San Clemente, and it was excellent Italian food. That is the Witherspoons' favorite restaurant, and I can see why. After lunch, Ann and I drove back home, not terrible traffic, just slowing for a stretch on the 78. Then it was a quiet rest of the day.
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