Our route today went through a lot of agricultural areas - vineyards, fields of strawberries, cauliflower, and broccoli. We made a stop at Little Pete's Strawberry stand and bought a couple baskets of strawberries for $2. We had a bit of a close call today on HWY1. We were riding southbound on the shoulder of HWY1 which was 2 lanes wide at that point. A northbound van was in the process of passing a semi, so it was driving north in the southbound lane which made it appear that it was heading right at us. Once he finally noticed us on the shoulder, which wasn't until we were very close, he then moved over to the right, dangerously narrowing the gap between him and the semi. Then he sped up making it seem even more dangerous. The semi driver honked at the van passed and we were relieved it was all over safely.
By early afternoon, we were ready for lunch. It was hot out and we were not finding any shady spots as we rode along HWY 135. We finally spied the stone and masonry sign out front of Meridian winery where we were able to sit on a ledge on the back side of the sign under the shade from a couple of small trees and eat our lunch. After lunch we had a tough climb up Harris Grade Road on our way into Lompoc. But again we were able to handle it easily.
We got a hotel room in Lompoc because it would work out better for our visit with my daughter Elisa. We met up with her as she was heading back to Santa Maria from LA via Santa Barbara. We had a fun visit then went to dinner at Baker's Square. It was great to see her again. I still wonder if the rift Elisa created when she bit the head off Sam's Skeletor action figure when she was a toddler has ever been completely mended. Today's mileage was 50 miles.
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