{"id":288,"date":"2009-06-16T02:00:20","date_gmt":"2009-06-16T09:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/liveforthepath.com\/?p=288"},"modified":"2024-11-22T12:30:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T19:30:11","slug":"day-14-lompoc-ca-to-morro-bay-ca-morro-bay-state-park-sunset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/liveforthepath.com\/?p=288","title":{"rendered":"Day 14 \u2013 Lompoc, CA to Morro Bay, CA (Morro Bay State Park) – Sunset"},"content":{"rendered":"

69 miles in 7 hours<\/b><\/p>\n

I got up fairly early and headed out of Lompoc at around 7:45.<\/p>\n

\"Drive-in<\/a>

Drive-in in Lompoc<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Quiet<\/a>

Quiet Saturday Morning<\/p><\/div>\n

I took another ‘fun’ road with some switchbacks for a while, but was rewarded with a great ride down the hill (again thanks to Nicole the Ultra-Marathoner). <\/p>\n

\"Switchback\"<\/a>

Switchback<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Looking<\/a>

Looking back at Lompoc<\/p><\/div>\n

Once I got back to the PCH I talked to a family who was out taking a morning ride. The father said he had toured the Pacific Coast 20 years ago, but couldn’t imagine doing it now with all the traffic. I have heard similar things from other people throughout the trip, and am always a little amazed. I would imagine that it is probably safer now to do something like this than it was years ago, but I think people always think that things were better, safer, etc. back when they were young.<\/p>\n

I also went under an overpass with the strangest bird nests I have ever seen.<\/p>\n