LAX to Doheny State Beach

Imperial Hwy near LAX on the morning
of the 4th of July; traffic was heavy
the night before.

Doheny State Beach 71 miles. We obviously can't add or read a map. Supposed to be a 60 mile day.  We left our hotel at LAX and back-tracked to the beach. Much less traffic this time. We got back on the bike path.

This was taken before noon. It only
got busier throughout the day.

Lots of people out getting ready for the 4th of July. Seemed every beach, pier, and parking lot was packed with tents, pop-ups and lots of food. We dodged many other bikes on all the beach bike paths we were on today. We rode on Hwy 1 when we could to make up time. Had a head wind most of the day also so it was slow going.

Family we met on the bike path. They
tour on two tandems.

Even though the bike paths were slow we did talk to some interesting people. In El Segundo we saw a whole family on bikes and all three kids had trailers. They go everywhere on bikes and do not have a car. They were heading back home to Culver City. Shortly after that we saw another Co-motion tandem. We caught up and started talking to them. Mom and daughter were on the tandem and dad and son were on solo bikes. They had another tandem at home and have bike toured a lot. We rode and talked a long time and they escorted us to a great coffee house for breakfast.

We said hi to many others and lots of comments on our bike. There was a woman following us (and keeping up) on a cruiser. She was on her way to work. So much traffic she decided to ride the five miles to work. That's pretty good on a cruiser. Near the end of all the bike paths for the day we saw another tandem. They too had toured but were just out for a ride.

The perks of a bicycle vacation!

We stopped for a late lunch in  between Seal and Huntington Beach.  I was hungry and a bit grouchy. The burger & milkshake were good, but I pulled something in my groin & was in pain. I tried to walk it off. We tried to ride but I had to stop. We got off and walked for a couple blocks and I took some Advil. Got back on & rode slow. All was better. Just one of those guy things.



There were many hills at the end of the day riding through Laguna Beach and to our camp site. We stopped for groceries and finally made it. We are beat. The hiker/biker site is a sandy area 50' x 30' behind the showers. All to ourselves but noisy around us. The sky is overcast; guess we'll see colored clouds tonight instead of fireworks.