Day Five - 1435.1mi *

After breakfast at a biker-friendly joint (I think it's biker friendly, lots of bikes parked out front), I passed through the unique, but private, community of The Sea Ranch. I stopped at the Sea Ranch Lodge to try and take some photos of this environmentally sensitive community and I chatted with this resident who told me about all the restrictions designed to not affect the land they live on (he's probably 70+ yrs old):Bodega Bay is a definite stop to make if you are a Hitchcock fan because "The Birds" is based around that town. However, the schoolhouse is in nearby Bodega. In the upscale resort town of Bodega Bay I met a couple who had ridden bikes from Florida!!!
The roads were really twisty heading into Bodega Bay and I was following a couple through some really tight, cliff-side corners. I had the camera on so when they pulled over to let me pass I stopped and told them I could send them some video of that excellent stretch of road. Rocky and Glenda had ridden all the way from Utah up to Port Angeles!
UPDATE 31Jul08: Here's some video from following Rocky & Glenda (yes, I understand the cheesiness of the music):

Once through the twisties along the coast, the road threw me onto a huge 8-lane highway onto the Golden Gate! That was way too much so I pulled off to take some photos where Starfleet Command (Star Trek) will be in 500 years:

It was sad to see this lighthouse deteriorating. It is on a surprisingly isolated piece of coastline between San Fran and Santa Cruz and made a good stop on my way to the hotel.
The fire in Big Sur is still raging, so I will have to detour around it. In fact, its grown from 50,000 acres to 90,000. I'm going to go as far as safely possible.