Schwartz Family's SF-CA Bike Trip

Mark fell down with a bike again ... twice.

At the first stroke in the morning to leave New Brighton State Park,
Mark's bike came down so quickly. What he didn't see was the white
parking bar between his rear wheel and the trailer. Great start, huh?

Most of the day, we cycled through acres of farm land. We were heading
south west toward Seaside/Monterey Bay and the wind was strong in our
face, slowing down our pace. At our mid day rest, we pulled over at a
corner of strawberry field and stuffed ourselves some delicious and
fresh strawberries from Driscoll's and Dole's. There are many workers
picking the stawberries and packing them into boxes for trucks to
deliver them to stores.

At the halfway point, we stopped by a small cafe to try out fried
artichokes because we were in a town known for the artichoke capital of
the world. Artichoke hearts were fried and it looked like chicken
nugget. They were delicious! Dalina woke up and we ate our lunch there.

Monterey Bay was a busy area - streets were packed with people who were
preparing to watch the evening July 4th fireworks. We navigated through
downtown to arrive a long steep hill that has the campsite at the end.
That was a difficult stretch!

Mark explored the campground to find a site. As the moment when Mark
spotted one, a tree stump "appeared" between his trailer and bike. Guess
what happened? You're right - he fell.

Since the site was so far up on hill and we were starving, we ordered
dominos pizza. What a feast - we didn't see any fireworks because we
were full, cold and sleepy!