We took our time getting ready this morning since we knew we had another short day ahead of us- which was perfectly fine by me! We enjoyed our bagel and cream cheese left over from the hotel and liked having a microwave to cook our oatmeal in instead of having to use our little stove. It was a little cloudy this morning, but the sunshine came out a little later. We continued riding down rt. 87 crossing through town after town. That made the ride go by pretty fast, there was no part of the ride that was boring. One thing we kept seeing were these pizza places called "Round Table Pizza." In fact the first one we saw was yesterday when we stopped at Safeway. They have an all you can eat buffet for about 6 bucks a person, which we thought was a pretty good deal. We were way too stuffed yesterday to even think about going there then, but ever since we've had pizza on our mind. Well, actually we've been talking about going to a pizza buffet since we got into the lower 48-that was always the joke when we were riding with Greg and Lea, but there was never a buffet at the right place/time. So, since we kept seeing them in all the towns we were riding through, we figured there would be one down the road at the perfect time. As lunch time drew closer and we got hungry, we hadn't seen one in a while and were beginning to worry we wouldn't. We came across a McDonald's, so we busted out the tablet and looked. Sure enough, there was one about a mile away. Pizza, bread stick twists (and my favorite- cinnamon twists!) and salad, it was perfect. The restaurant even had wi-fi, so we took that opportunity to look up the directions to where we were staying. Turns out we were a lot closer than we thought and the pizza place was on the corner of the road we needed to turn on, couldn't be more perfect. So after stuffing ourselves to the brim, we rode the 3-4 miles to where we were staying. Lenson, our host, is a friend of the original Warm Shower's Host we contacted (Monica). Unfortunately, Monica has recently moved and her new roommates aren't comfortable with the idea of WS. Fortunately though, Monica knew Lenson from the Stanford Triathlon club and he was able to help us out. When we got to the house he wasn't home but said he left the door open. It was the perfect place to stay for a couple days- he lived in what was called "the shack out back" (he rents from the people in the main house). Lenson is working on his Doctorate at Stanford and is really busy. It was still a bit early in the day, so we had time to relax. We both took showers and I had a chance to work on blogs outside in the sunshine. Lenson got home around 7 and then the three of us took a ride in his big van to the grocery store. Joe and I bought some linguine, sauce and cheese to make for dinner. Later on, we found out that Lenson bought a half gallon of ice cream, too! For the rest of the night we just relaxed, ate yummy food, talked with Lenson, and figured out our plan for tomorrow. It was only 26.05 miles from Burlingame to Los Altos where we were staying.
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