Day 26, 9/9/08

We reached out destination today, Standish Hickey State Recreation Area, just north of Leggett. Some of the toughest climbing so far and 44 miles total. We also had a long stop in Garberville which included a great lunch at the Calico deli and an hour updating our blog at a coffee shop.






The first part of our ride was the last few miles of the Ave. of the Giants. After that just mostly a lot of climbing. The weather was warm and sunny but not too hot. When we got to the market across the street from the entrance to the campground, the woman working there told us that they have been having a spell of hot weather and it was the first day not in the 90's. Glad we missed that.


Dinner tonight was a big hit. We didn't have a wide selection at the market. We did find a heat and serve pouch of an Indian dish, "Agra Peas & Greens" by Tasty Bite. Neither of us had ever heard of it before but we decided to give it a try. We combined it with a cheddar broccoli rice package from Liption. It was awesome. We will surely be having that again. That is, if we can find Tasty Bite.