Monday, November 25, 2013

Day 173 - 22nd November, Mendocino - Elk - Manchester State Park, 35.31 miles

Doobedie sme stravili na pobrezi malebneho mestecka Mendocino, utesy v tomto mieste boli skratka dokonale, rovnako ako aj zatoky, v ktorych sa nachadzali. V dialke blikal majak ako vystrihnuty z nejakej pohladnice, obloha bola aj dnes blankytne modra a vietor v chrbte. Opat idealne podmienky a genialne vyhlady. Na jednom z kopcov opat stretavame Katie (Katie vyzera ako dvojicka Lucii Deutschovej, nie len vzhladom ale aj vystupovanim a hlasom, uz ani nie som velmi prekvapeny, len to potvrdzuje teoriu, ze na svete je len urcity pocet roznych typov ludi a skor ci neskor sa zacnu opakovat, mozno ma tento matrix malu kapacitu pamate alebo co, ale uz sme stretli dvojnikov asi vsetkych ludi co pozname a vsetci sa podobali nielen vzhladom ale aj spravanim, skratka ten isty clovek len v inom prostredi) a Vinnieho, trochu ich zdrzal pivovar vo Fort Bragg, coskoro nas vsak nechavaju za sebou. Kopce sme zdolavali az po Elk, za nim sa cesta prijemne vyrovnala a isli sme uz zvacsa len z kopca, prijemny oddych po vsetkych tych zatokach, ktore bolo treba zdolat, zvacsa prudky kopec dole a potom nahle prudky kopec hore, skoro ani nebol cas prehodit na lahsi prevod. Navecer prichadzame do Manchester State Park, ideme sa prejst na pobrezie s pieskovymi dunami (trochu zmena) a vychutnavame si paradny zapad slnka a obrovske vlny na oceane. V kempe vedla nas stanuje skupinka bajkerov na ceste do San Franciska, idu vsak nalahko, batozinu im vozi velike podporne vozitko. Stretli sme tu opat aj nasich starych znamich svajciarov, ti cestuju zase naopak, pekne natazko, zase nas raz ohurili tym co vytiahli zo svojich obrovskych baglov - solarnu pec - obrovsky slnecnik so zrkadlami vo vnutry a drziakom na esus, staci len zamierit na slnko a pockat ... hodinku? a obed je zohriaty :-) uz sa nedivime, ze maju tolko batoziny.

In the morning we are exploring the coast around Mendocino. The bay and cliffs here are absolutely spectacular. The Lighthouse on the horizon just finished the ilusion of some kind of impressionistic canvas painting. Also the town of Mendocino is very colorfull, with beautiful houses. On the way to Elk we passed through many small or big bays, enjoying gorgeous views on the cliffs or the ocean. But it wasn't for free, it was a lot of hard work to bike through all this bays, steep downhills took turns with steep uphills. On the one of hills we met again with Katie and Vinnie (Katie looked like twin of one of ours friends, I think that in this world is just some certain amount of types of people and soon or later you will see the same people again and again, just in diferent environment, we probably saw nearly all "twins" of our friends). Katie and Vinnie stayed a little behind, probably becouse that good brewery in Fort Bragg. But very soon they left us behind. After Elk came some rest, the road was more even here and withouth so many hills. We camped in Manchester State Park with its amazing sand dunes, where we had very nice evening with red sunset. In the camp we met again with the couple from Swiss, this time they surprised us with another piece with of their equipment, they had solar oven - big umbrella with mirrors. Now I understand why they have so big bags... Close to us camped another group of biker, but they traveled lightly, all gear was moved with support vehicle. 

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