Tuesday April 28, 2015

A lovely ride today. We had to find our way back on to the ACA route which took us through a few subdivisions and on to a busier stretch of road with no bike lane. We spotted a cyclist ahead and passed him. As we passed him we noticed a little girl on a home-made seat (similar to the ones we had seen in Cuba) sitting in the front. We greeted them with a friendly hello and carried on. The Dad picked up speed and we could hear the little girl laughing. As we moved ahead she was urging her Dad to go faster, “Faster Daddy, faster, they are going faster” He managed to stay with us for about a kilometer and the little girl was giggling and urging her Dad to go faster all the way. It was so cute.

We joined the ocean path in Hermosa Beach and once again we followed a lovely off-road cycle path along the ocean all the way into Venice Beach.

We chatted to a guy Cody, who had recently bought a touring bike. Unfortunately his wife is not a cyclist so he is planning on week-long or two week long trips.

We arrived in Venice Beach and found the hostel. It is not as nice as the one in San Diego, but it is cheaper than the hotels around here. We got here at around 12:30 which gave us plenty of time to do some laundry and for Ralf to take his bike to the local bike shop to get his brakes fixed. They did the work for half the price.

When we went out to get some provisions, we stopped in to another bike shop and after chatting to the owners, they gave us some drive train cleaner and some oil for free. How nice is that.

We had a lovely dinner and I managed to update the blog.