Santa Barabara to San Louis Obisipo

After much convincing I have finally given in and am staring to write this blog. ( Actually I kind of wanted to the entire time, but was scared of how much of a pussy it would make me seem like. I'm over it now, I'm kind of a pussy anyways. (Thank you Dave)) This is my third day of bike adventuring and have learned many many things about what to and what not to do. Firstly and most importantly although it seems glorious to sleep in a ditch in the middle of some strange town it is actually not that fun, I don't know if it was the presence of the no trespassing signs all around me or the fact that I slept within ten feet of a clump of poison oak, but it is something that I really am not going to try again... if I can help it. I also have learned that it is actually incredibly hard to ride a fully loaded bike up massive hills with a headwind the entire way ( if anyone who reads this considers doing this trip go north to south because the wind is more difficult to deal with than I assumed.) Which really brings me to my next point of not assuming anything, because at least from my personal experience the assumptions that I make are normally wrong and normally end up leading to bad decisions. Other than that I am doing pretty well, I have learned that talking to people is extremely easy and useful. I have gotten not only a free place to sleep for a night and some strawberries just because of a willingness to put myself out there and tell everyone what my deal is. Hopefully I will hit a dumpster soon my food rations are pretty low, I'm just figuring out what to and what not to eat. Soon I think that I will have it all down, I'll let everyone know when that time comes. The first three days have been very raw maybe to the point of not that much fun at all, but I am finally starting to get the hang of it. I have gained both physical and mental strength and am starting to recognize the value of eating and sleeping, anyways I'm on vacation so I know it's going to have to get better, I mean it's spring break! There's no where to go but up. I hope everyone is safe and well, I will post as often as I can.
Tim Ronan
p.s. A pedal wrench is a invaluable tool while bike touring, don't leave home without one!