I took the whole weekend off, and spent it all on myself and had a little adventure!
I packed my motorcycle and went camping to Arroyo Seco, down by Big Sur. I've never went camping on a motorcycle before, so it was very strange only packing absolute necessities. So these are the things that I packed:
Big coat with fur.
Tooth Brush and paste.
Two marinated chicken breasts.
Tent.
Cigarrets and lighter.
LED light.
These are the things that I got on the way:
Sleeping bag. - 0F so it'll keep me warm no matter what!!
Batteries
Water
Dress - had to stop in Ross
Found some fire wood near camp ground.
So the worse thing that can happen, that has happened with camping is being wet and cold. So prime objective number one was to make sure that I was going to stay warm while sleeping. I called ahead to find out about the weather and the temperature, and I anticipated for a colder weather, and packed the big coat. So that was a success. :D
There's a strange commadery with bikers... Every time I pass a biker, they hand signal me. It's a really nice gesture. I remeber seeing bus drivers do that to each other. It's like there's a little community of bikers out there.
After camping at Arroyo Seco, I went to go look for a hot spring. The road to the hotspring turned out to be a dirt road, so I stopped and turned around. Went to Carmel Valley instead. At Carmel Valley I had an amazing pecan sticky bun... really the best ever! and an over priced organic coffee. I used the cafe's internet to look up information about the hotspring and found out that just a few weeks before, another biker had found the same path that I did, and ventured on it. He blogged his travel with pictures and everything.
What I didn't expect was how cold it gets while biking... and also the effect of the gushing wind. During the whole day today, on Sunday, my body went from freezing cold to warm in just a matter of minutes depending on the wind. The wind is also so much more of a problem that I've expected. I thought that I'd only have to deal with the wind over the bay bridge, but nope! It's really a danger on any flat land, near Oceans, and on top of hills.
One point, the wind was gushing so hard that both of my knees were in major pain. I had to stop the motorcycle just to get off and let my knees rest. I also expected to be back by the afternoon on Sunday, and ended up getting back at 11pm. I didn't have adequate clothing on my bottom half, so my legs were freezing cold. I would take breaks every half an hour to get back home, and the last time I stopped and looked at myself in the mirror, I was pitch white. And it hurt to exhale. I was getting hypothermia.
I packed my motorcycle and went camping to Arroyo Seco, down by Big Sur. I've never went camping on a motorcycle before, so it was very strange only packing absolute necessities. So these are the things that I packed:
Big coat with fur.
Tooth Brush and paste.
Two marinated chicken breasts.
Tent.
Cigarrets and lighter.
LED light.
These are the things that I got on the way:
Sleeping bag. - 0F so it'll keep me warm no matter what!!
Batteries
Water
Dress - had to stop in Ross
Found some fire wood near camp ground.
So the worse thing that can happen, that has happened with camping is being wet and cold. So prime objective number one was to make sure that I was going to stay warm while sleeping. I called ahead to find out about the weather and the temperature, and I anticipated for a colder weather, and packed the big coat. So that was a success. :D
There's a strange commadery with bikers... Every time I pass a biker, they hand signal me. It's a really nice gesture. I remeber seeing bus drivers do that to each other. It's like there's a little community of bikers out there.
After camping at Arroyo Seco, I went to go look for a hot spring. The road to the hotspring turned out to be a dirt road, so I stopped and turned around. Went to Carmel Valley instead. At Carmel Valley I had an amazing pecan sticky bun... really the best ever! and an over priced organic coffee. I used the cafe's internet to look up information about the hotspring and found out that just a few weeks before, another biker had found the same path that I did, and ventured on it. He blogged his travel with pictures and everything.
What I didn't expect was how cold it gets while biking... and also the effect of the gushing wind. During the whole day today, on Sunday, my body went from freezing cold to warm in just a matter of minutes depending on the wind. The wind is also so much more of a problem that I've expected. I thought that I'd only have to deal with the wind over the bay bridge, but nope! It's really a danger on any flat land, near Oceans, and on top of hills.
One point, the wind was gushing so hard that both of my knees were in major pain. I had to stop the motorcycle just to get off and let my knees rest. I also expected to be back by the afternoon on Sunday, and ended up getting back at 11pm. I didn't have adequate clothing on my bottom half, so my legs were freezing cold. I would take breaks every half an hour to get back home, and the last time I stopped and looked at myself in the mirror, I was pitch white. And it hurt to exhale. I was getting hypothermia.
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