Marina Del Rey, April 15

Down the drive from the Gunn residence and a left up the 30 yards of 20% grade to start the day. Along Foothill to Seaward Street that took us, yes toward the sea and our route along the water. A beautiful day. Short ride down the road and we took our leg warmers off for the first time on the trip, just shorts, jerseys and sun block. We stopped in a coffee shop near the Navy base at Port Hueneme and then headed toward Hwy 1 past fields of flowers, cabbage, strawberries and huge fields of sod. Past the Navy Air Station where an AWACS plane was doing touch and goes and around Point Magu with our tail wind. We stopped at Neptune's Net near the Ventura/Los Angeles County line for a salad. Chatted with a young German from Munich in the states going to various music shows. There were lots of surfers just across from Neptune's Nest and a couple of guys on Harley's told us it was one of the few beaches where the bikers and surfers coexist. Through Malibu and 9 miles of E ticket riding with the traffic before off of Hwy 1 onto bike paths that will take us beyond Long Beach. To make things more interesting, today was trash day and we shared the nice shoulder with a few hundred empty garbage cans. We saw a couple of film crews today and lots of pelicans. Also as proof we are in southern California, we passed the Eco Car Spa, which in the rest of the country might be called a car wash. On the bike path through Santa Monica (and under the Santa Monica Pier) and Venice to our motel in Marina Del Rey. A shower, a call home, a brief chat with my grandson, a quick dinner, write a couple of blog posts. Rudy makes his business calls and once back to the room after dinner, right to sleep. 65.3 miles, a delightful day.