It was another foggy day heading south along highway 1. It was a pretty hilly ride so I had to stop to take a few breaks along the way. After one of my breaks I got back on the bike and headed downhill and noticed there were three cyclists behind me. As I was going downhill at 30 mph I hit a pretty big bump and one of my rear panniers came off and flew into the road. Out of everything that could fall off, the pannier with my most expensive piece of equipment, my netbook, fell off. Luckily there were no cars coming and I was able to go back and get it and it looked like it wasn't damaged. The computer still works, I guess I packed it well. Of course when stuff with my bike goes wrong there's always other cyclists around to see it happen. I ended up meeting up with the cyclists on the way up a hill. They were headed south to Orange County and their wives were carrying their equipment for them. They were stopping in Cambria for the night, a couple miles past my campsite. Being the competitive person that I am, I ended up passing them up and stayed ahead of them for eight miles until I hit a fairly steep hill and all the extra weight on my bike really became noticeable. They passed me back up but that was OK, I needed a break anyways. I ran into the beach where all of the elephant seals are congregating for the year. It's mating season and the fat seals are going crazy. There was a parking lot along the beach where people could park and go see a beach of seals. However, past it there was a break in the fence where I was able to sneak into and get real close to a group of seals. There were a bunch of males fighting in the water which is pretty funny to see.
I made it to the San Simeon park and set up camp. I lose track of days and forgot it was Friday so there were a lot of people there for the weekend. Cambria was just a few miles away so I spent most of my time there since there were actual restaurants there.
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