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July 30, 2017
Last Day in SLO Town
So, today, I wake up (Sunday), and I've got to drive back to Riverside. Like...I'm not crazy about the idea, but that's the plan, anyway. So, I get up and first, I roll up to Morro Bay, only this time, I take the back roads up to Osos. Then, I roll into Morro Bay. I figiure that I'll force myself to find a place to eat at Morro Bay.
So, I find a little dive, and I order something..a sandwich and some fries, I think. I like sitting out and looking out over Morro Bay. There are some animals out there...(seals? sea lions?) I have no clue. But some mammals out there, and some boats coming in and out of the harbor. Somewhat entertaining.
I go to the bathroom, and when I come back, the sea gulls have eaten all of my lunch. Great.
I decide to look for the park that I changed buses in when I caught a bus from Cambria to SLO. As it turns out, I changed buses in Morro Bay, and I even find the little park where I waited for the bus to SLO. Funny how memory fades, and then is refreshed.
So, I take off headed back to SLO town. But again I take CA-1 instead of the 101, so, any time the two roads split, I take CA-1 which is slower, but more scenic.
Once I get to Santa Barbara, then Ventura, and now the traffic is just a nightmare. Like, I'm lane-splitting on the 101 for hours. I don't think that I'll ever do this trip again. It's too dangerous.
The thing I have a hard time with is....why have I been on this road so many times? Like, I can understand going to Pismo, but why go any further south? I really struggle with this, and I've been down here many times.
I dunno. It's hard to recall as you get older.
The 101 from Ventura to the 314 is just a nightmare of lane-splitting.
Once I get off of the 101, and onto the 314, then everything is fine, and I start to think that maybe I'll survive.
Like, I'm glad that I took this little weekend trip. It was a beautiful ride, but I don't think that I'll do this again. Not in the forseeable future. It's too dangerous driving on the US 101 lanesplitting for hours. It's a miracle that I'm still alive.
Posted by Rob Kiser on July 30, 2017 at 10:27 PM
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