Okay, so we woke up and left Santa Barbara around 10:30am. We stopped at Old Mission Santa Barbara and took some pictures, the place is beautiful and well maintained. From there, we headed east and up the hills on Gibraltar Rd. We stopped and took some pictures of beautiful Santa Barbara. The view was spectacular! See bottom and top pictures. I couldn't believe how unbelievably beautiful Santa Barbara was looking at it from the hills. You could see the ocean and the beautiful homes nestled in the hills. It was only 11am and I could tell we were about to have an amazing day!
We continued on until we reached E. Camino Cielo road. This road was nothing short of spectacular!!! Below is a picture taken from this road. You can see the small towns next to the Pacific and the islands far in the distance.
Camino is a winding road that heads north on the ridge of the hills, making for some incredible motorcycle riding and spectacular views.
Above is another picture on E. Camino Cielo Rd., Fernando is heading north and just having a blast on the KLR. After more than an hour's worth of memorable motorcycle riding, the road finally ended.
However, we continued on WEST Camino Cielo Rd., which turned into a gravel road. The road became difficult, with very steep grades and rocky surfaces. Eventually, a couple of us dropped our bikes. See picture above. We talked to a local, who just happened to be passing by, and he said the road would last another two hours. We decided to cut our loses and head back and get on an alternate road.
About an hour after leaving West Camino Cielo Rd., Jorge's rear tire got a flat. This is quite dangerous, but Jorge had some prior experience with flat tires so he quickly pulled over.
We put some air on the tire and headed to the nearest gas station. As you can see in the picture we took over the gas station, like a bunch of thugs :)
We finally made it to Morro Bay, before it got dark. Here's a picture of us in front of Morro Rock, a 581-foot volcanic rock that is the symbol for Morro Bay, CA.
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