Today went a little more slowly than we would have liked, but it was fine. My computer stopped working about halfway through the day, but according to Google Maps it was 85, so given our wrong turn and other things, I'll say that we rode 87 miles from Twentynine Palms, CA to San Bernardino, CA.
We slept in a bit since we got in so late last night. We were on the road at 11. It was really hot again, but it was either better than the days past, or we're just getting used to it. The kicker today was the wind (again.) It's like going up a hill with no top.
We ate lunch at Subway, which was great since we hadn't had a legitimate meal in a while. After we ate, we had a huge downhill. Jason missed our turn, so we trekked up the hill a bit. Unfortunately, our road was dirt. So, we turned back around and headed to I-10, whether we were allowed to ride on it or not.
The answer was not. As we pulled in to a rest stop to refill water, a cop came up behind us. He was nice, and just said that we couldn't ride on this stretch of freeway. It was fine, and he just said to get off at the next exit. So we did that, and were in a much better situation than we would have been with the dirt road.
From there it got even windier. Actually, there was a wind farm (I think that's what it's called?) right there as well; so many turbines! We made it to Banning at about 8 and found an italian restaurant, which we've been wanting for what seems lime weeks. We checked our milage, and it was exactly 100 miles to the beach. We booked a motel (another Motel 6) about 27 miles away.
Our night ride was awesome. There were great road with bike lanes, and we're back in society so there we street lights for a while. We were on the road at about 9:20, and were at the motel, after stopped to buy breakfast, by midnight. So now we rest for a few hours and do 72 miles as fast as we can.
Tomorrow: Venice Beach, CA, where our adventure comes to a close.
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