Cycling from Elk Prairie to Arcata - Pacific Coast Highway Bike Tour
It's tough spending day after day camping in a tent, and so sometimes it's nice to splurge in a motel room. At least that's how I felt cycling from Elk Prairie to Arcata.
A foggy day
It felt like I never really got going today. It was another foggy one, which had the curious effect of being cold whilst I was sweating going up the hills, which is not a great combination, unless you like your nose to drip constantly.
The traffic seemed quite intense, and there was no word from either of the Warmshowers hosts I had sent emails to which was a bit of a drag.
I was in need of cheering up, and spending yet another night in the tent was not the answer, so I checked into a motel at Arcata instead for the night.
By Marina - originally posted to Flickr as arcata california, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12180067
A night in a motel room
Obviously, this has destroyed the budget for the next few days, but I can eat noodles for a while and reminisce about my night of luxury where i don't have to go to sleep at 19.30 because it got dark and there was nothing else to do, and TV, and a hot shower, and all sorts of things!!
I've been busy on the internet though in an effort to be productive, and hope to get a refund from Condor Airways, have started a claim with British Airways, and have downloaded a couple of new films and a learn Spanish course.
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Dave is a UK travel writer living in Athens since 2015. With 20 years of firsthand travel experience and over 80,000 km of bicycle touring across six continents, he's been blogging at Dave's Travel Pages since 2005. Every guide is based on places he's actually been.
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