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The first rest stop of the day had a Pirates theme. Arrrr! I thought the folks at Rest Stop 1 put together a really creative pirate-style map of the ALC route. I liked it so much, you get to see four pictures of it! Part 1 ...
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... Part 2 of the map ...
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... Part 3 of the route map ...
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... and Part 4.
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My friend Dale at the lunch stop just on the west side of Santa Barbara. Dale and I and his friend Sandy did numerous training rides together in the spring. (Photo: Bob Katz)
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In the middle of Day 6, we got to the Santa Barbara beaches, and it really felt like we were in Southern California.
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Another Pretty Southern California Picture.
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The unofficial rest stop in Santa Barbara is a Big Deal. About a mile shy of the stop, you start seeing these amazingly wonderful welcome signs - especially for riders from Santa Barbara but for all the ALC riders, really, Very moving to get this kind of welcome. Then you reach a big sign that says, "Welcome to Paradise Pit." You cross the street and a team of women start spraying you with aromatic mists. Then you see the massage tables (above), with five or six masseurs doing their thing to help out tired riders.
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At Paradise Pit, they serve homemade ice cream and cookies. Delicious! Thank you Santa Barbara! You made my Day 6!
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Ginger Brewlay at Paradise Pit.
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Another picture of Ginger, aka Ginger Swirl.
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Last rest stop of the day. We reached it after passing several Southern California military bases. Was this ride just a clever ruse to whip a bunch of couch potatoes into shape, then induct a bunch of newly physically fit men and women into the Navy? ...
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... Not really ... Don't ask, don't tell ...
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