Dana Point April 16

A good day today. Our good weather has continued. Our route took us on bike paths and some streets through down the coast to Redondo Beach and then in land through Carson and then along the Los Angeles River to Long Beach. Our route was to take us along the beach through Long Beach. However, this is the Long Beach Grand Prix weekend and the bike path was closed, so a short back track, a brief discussion with Lada , a Long Beach Parking Control Officer and we were on our way out of town. We stopped at La Strada on East 2nd Street before entering Sea Beach and had a nice cup of soup and half sandwich. We chatted with Charles, another Harley guy. He was friendly and gave us a few tips. He and 5000 other bikers are making the Laughlin Nevada run next week. On down the road a guy on a bike came up behind us and asked if he could draft behind us for a bit as he was 72 miles into his ride. He said the ride on south was the best part of the ride. I don't think he has ridden south of Seal Beach. Newport Beach and Laguna Beach both had lots of traffic and hills. But we had a good tail wind and finished at 69.5 miles for the day. Have eaten, am tired and think I will watch a bit of the Giants/Dodgers game and get some sleep. We are only about 75 miles from our end destination in San Diego.