day8 ~135km in ~7:30 arcata

I always seem to ride better when I'm angry. I was angry today. Angry at myself, angry at california and angry I got a hotel room. Got out the door at 9 am and started a climb right away. Today was the longest day and most climbing i've done all trip, probably 3-4,000 feet. Met up with matt at a state park and he is going to stay with friends in mckinnleyville. Newton b. drury parkway was cool. A bunch of exotic cars passed me going the opposite way. I saw a maserati, bentley, ferrari's ect. Just after trinidad was a surf spot and the road was very bad and dirt/gravel in places. I had to pay very close attention to the path I was taking because of huge potholes, but managed to get through it o.k. Coming into arcata started on a bike path and then a bunch of flat windy farm roads. I remember taking a hard left hand turn on bad pavement and imagining I was in the tour of flanders. Stopped at an rv park, but they wanted $18 with no showers, so i continued on to a koa just past arcata. Did my laundry and got a hot shower. The town of arcata was pretty cool. I was on bike paths the whole time and there were tons of people riding. i wanted to hang out in town, but it was getting late and I hadn't set up accommodations for the night.Matt gave me his house number and said his roommates would be happy to put me up, but no one answered and I didn't feel like waiting around when it was getting late.