Day 4 – Manchester, CA – 85 miles

One again I was the first one to leave camp today. Just outside of the campground, the route leaves US101 and heads down CA1.

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Staying at Standish-Hickey State Park was nice because I could finish the rest of the climb up Leggett Hill in the cool morning rather than the hot afternoon. Then downhill!

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And finally the coast again!

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Stopped in the next town – Westport – for a sandwich, good thing I didn’t need gas!

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Soon Rex and Roger (who I will call the engineers from here on out) arrived, and the two anonymous Canadian ladies not too far behind. I said my goodbyes since I planned on riding farther than all of them today.

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Thanks to the Adventure Cycling maps, I found the more scenic way towards Fort Bragg – though not suitable for skinny tired road bikes.

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Fort Bragg with a population of 7000 was the biggest town today. Traffic started picking up south of here, but still light by So Cal standards.

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Traffic lightened up quite a bit after Route 128 split off of Route 1.

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Lots of neat small towns, such as Elk, on the route.

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Finally made it to the Manchester Beach KOA just before 7. Just enough time to set up camp, shower, eat my sandwich, and call it a night.