After the days off in Monterey, we were happy to be back on the bikes and enjoyed pedalling all along Monterey Bay up to Santa Cruz. We saw strawberry fields across many acres (we now know why the field workers all wear long trousers and shirts despite the heat: all fields are marked "dangerous due to pesticides"...), watched the surfers in Capitola and fought the wind again along the coast towards Pigeon Point Lighthouse. We stayed at the campground in Costanoa and got to know Antoine and Chantal with their children Zoey, Finn and Mette from Colorado. Antoine and Chantal - both with families in Europe - had made many cycling tours in Europe together before and it was great to exchange. After a cozy morning drinking coffee and hot chocolate with them, we headed inland towards Palo Alto, to visit Philipp's friend currently working at Stanford University. In Pescadero we stopped at a recommended Deli/Grocery store and bought a fantastic artichoke bread (yes, Pescadero is famous for the best artichokes in California) and a delicious blackberry pie. Afterwards we were ready to face two passes which lead us to Palo Alto. The street was called "Alpine Road"... take a wild guess, why? Landscape was beautiful, but it was also the first really hot day and it took us the same amount of time for this leg as double the distance the day before. However it was worth all the effort: In the evening we were very warmly welcomed by Katja and Lukas at their house in Palo Alto and enjoyed a fantastic barbecue in their garden.
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