We were all really lucky to be inside last night because for the first time in a while it rained. What are the odds that it would rain when we aren't in our tent! Erin made some really great french toast and bacon for breakfast. This was the first time that Loic had ever had french toast (they don't have it in France). We all took our time getting ready this morning because we knew that the ride to San Diego from where we were wasn't too long. About 2 miles from the house, we met a cyclist who had a flat, so like the guy that we helped out near San Luis Obispbo, we helped this unprepared cyclist fix his flat. We continued on along the last section of coast we would ride along, since San Diego is our turning point to head east. I was kind of sad during today's ride because I knew today would be the last day we would ride with Loic, and with James. We've had so much fun that we are really going to miss riding with him once we start heading east and it's just us two again. The whole ride this morning, Loic kept saying "think burger" since we planned to go out to a well known burger place called Hodad's in Ocean Beach that our host recommended to us. Last night, Steve showed us a video clip of the restaurant from when it appeared on the "Dives, Dinners and Drive-in's" show, and we got pretty excited because the burgers look huge. Erin and Steve said that they are the best! So for the whole ride, we all joked around about how we would be eating some tasty burgers soon. At one point we headed into Torrey Pines State Park so that we could get off of the main road. We had a nice big hill to climb, the first long one in quite a few days. It took about 10 or 15 minutes to get to the top, but it was a fun ride, there were even a couple small switchbacks. Near the top there was a really nice golf course. From there we started to head down the hill. Somehow we missed the road we were supposed to turn on, so we had to find an alternative route because we definitely didn't want to ride back up the hill. It worked out ok, we ended up doing a few more miles, but we found a nice bike path that took us all the way over to the Pacific Beach area. Luckily James had a smart phone that had a map/gps that we could use to find our way to Ocean Beach. With that, it was pretty easy to find our way there. When we arrived at Hodad's, it was pretty packed, even though it was a little after the normal busy lunch time. All 4 of us ordered chocolate malts, since the one's we had last night that Steve made were so good. Joey got a double bacon cheeseburger and I just got a single cheeseburger. Holy moley were the chocolate malts good!! It didn't take very long to get our burgers and we were blown away at how big they were once we saw them. The double burgers were out of this world- I am so glad that I only got a single, and I think James was too. They came with awesome "jo-jo" fries, too. The burgers were awesome! Between the malt, burger and fries, we ate so much. All 4 of us were so full we could barely move. After lunch, we went to Starbucks a couple doors down to look up directions to Ryan's apartment. Joey was really excited because this is the first time that we're going to stay with a friend. We found it without too much trouble, but were so full that when we got their we just vegged on the couch and didn't want to move. The good news is that Ryan's apt is on the first floor, so it was easy to get our bikes inside. Later on that evening, Ryan and Joe went in the hot tub that is in Ryan's apt. complex. The boys had fun catching up and I enjoyed watching a movie. The good news is that we were so full for the rest of the day that we didn't have to worry about having any dinner. I can't believe we are already to San Diego! Our miles totaled 43.47 today.
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