Yosemite to Ceres.

We woke up in our hot tent cabin and went to eat some free breakfast. It was delicious. We changed our route a little to avoid going back out of the valley the same way we came in (narrow dark tunnels etc.) and caught one of the shuttles back around to where we entered the area. It was beautiful waking up surrounded by giant trees and looking up at half dome. Probably the most beautiful part of the trip. 

It got hot fast. The high was 107. We found some interesting ways to cool off though. 

We were riding alongside orchards for a lot of the ride. Every 5 miles or so we would get out and stand in the sprinklers. It felt amazing. We also picked peaches off the trees and ate them in the shade. 

We were reminded of the little fruit stand we stopped at in Pennsylvania and took pictures of their California peaches. It feels so good to be here. 

We stopped here and ate a whole tub of strawberries and blackberries from her farm. Mmm

Passed a monistary. Would have been cool to stop and meditate a little bit we were late for our host so we kept going. 

Also passed an air museum. 

We got to our host, Jim, around 7. He showed us where to put our bikes and welcomed us inside. His sons Dara(sp?) and Benny were intent on their computer games. We set up our tent in the backyard and took cold showers. It was 110 on the porch and hotter inside. 

There were signs everywhere explaining what has to be done when. We thought it was a great way to coordinate things with roommates. I'm going to try it 

Our host, Jim:

Our tent spot. There was already a tarp down because Jim and his sons like to sleep outside in the summer. 

Jim shared a can of soup with us and we ordered a pizza for us and his roommate.

 It was just what we needed after a long ride. He also made us some delicious tea with stinging nettles from his garden! Jim has a very full garden of some great edible food. 

After dinner we played a game of UNO with the three of them and talked a little more about bike touring. Jim is very knowledgable and has a bunch of experience. He gave up driving a few years ago and uses his bike for everything. 

The neighbors were having a party but luckily the loud Spanish music went of around 1130. It had cooled off to about 90, so we went to sleep. 

Thank you Jim for your hospitality. 

Daily stats 

75 miles

10.2 mph

1220 ft climbed

107 degrees

Also we kept seeing all these goofy RV's before we left Yosemite and earlier in the week but I forgot to post this. Who rents these?