The morning spent climbing up and out of Lompoc Valley in warm sunshine, ascending to a pass, then dropping down to Highway 101 and through a narrow canyon of orange-colored rock, rejoining the Pacific Coast Highway 1 again at Gaviota.
Lunch spot at the rest area off Highway 101 near Gaviota
Coastline near Refugio State Beach
El Capitan State Beach
Mark leads us into the campground at El Capitan State Beach. 
View across to Channel Islands from El Capitan SBUli disgusted tonight with the insult of the hike-in/bike-in site, nothing but a washed-out dirt lot. Like so many of the other state parks, they put bike-in campers in the worst sites. "Not even any grass....A tent site should at least have grass"...so we take one of the regular sites. Below our pitch, the surf pounds, the clattering of undertow pulling across the stones on the beach; A huge turkey vulture soars above us in late afternoon, his wing feathers tipped in white on the underside.
Sunset, El Capitan State Campground
The 'Bible' for the Pacific Coast Bike Route....."You must follow the book!"
Sun, sand, and surf - Santa Barbara
View of Santa Barbara from Stearns Wharf
Cabrillo Blvd, Santa BarbaraBike path, Santa Barbara
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