Is it fair to rank California against the other states? Was it smart to start off with the most amazingly beautiful state first? Was it wise to spoil ourselves with a state saturated with bike lanes? My answers: yes, yes, and yes!!
California was such an amazing way to start off the trip. The state treats you with breathtaking views of the Pacific, tours of forests occupied by giant Redwoods, beach towns that make you live out the "California Dreaming" attitude in your mind, climbs up rugged mountains, and rides through deserts where sand replaces soil. The California landscape offered everything but a swamp area, at least on our route.
I have not even began to talk about the people. Everyone was so friendly, offering us everything from places to stay to money. I personally would like to thank Mike from Pigeon Point, Elaine, Andy, Pat, Phillipe and Miriam, Lex, Paul Sanchez and Nick, Myron, Tara, Chris, and who ever makes the desserts at Swanson's Berry Farm!!!
California was a great way to start off the trip. No other state offered as much as California, that is why I try not to compare it to other states. Honestly, just a bike ride through California would have been an experience of a lifetime, but we had a country to bike across! Atlantic Ocean, here we come!!!
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