Rob left Oakland early this morning for Kona, HI and took this wonderful picture.
I was sitting out having my coffee and working on the blog.
I gathered with what turned out to be a very large group of quad riders here in the park at 10:00. We are riding through the trails, hills, washes, etc to the town of La Ribera for lunch. The trip is supposed to be 5 hours so I am assuming it will be 2 hours to get there, an hour for lunch and 2 to get back.
Our neighbor across the way, Bob, rode with me. His wife Cori and sister-in-law are in the quad on the right. I was glad he was with me since this was my first real time to go "quaking over the type of terrain we were going to be going on. He also knew the route and would give heads up when a turn was coming up.
We headed out down the main street of town which quickly turned into a dirt road. Pretty soon we were screaming through trails with branches slapping the bars and rocks and dust and it was a blast. We climbed up big rocky hills and then down into steep washes.
We split up into two groups. Some of the quads, like mine, were too wide for some of the rocky trails so we had to go a different way. We stopped a couple times to regroup.
Since I was driving, and had to keep my hands on the wheel, I wasn't able to take many pictures. (Rob and I will have to go out again and see if I can remember the path so we can get the picture). I did sneak a few though.
We stopped in at the Bat Cave which was awesome.
This is looking at the cave
This is looking back down the arroyo
These looked like fungus growing out of the walls inside and many were covered with honey bees.
I'm not sure what these were, they looked sort of like mud ness and were along the ceiling and the walls
Walking deeper into the cave
A cave inside the cave
A light was shone and those are all bats clinging to the ceiling or flying a bit due to the light.
Exiting the cave back into the arroyo
We were really running out of time. The restaurant has actually set up a buffet for us due to the large number in our party and they are expecting us by noonish. It will be closer to 1 when we get there, so instead of finishing the route on the trails we went up on the road and zoomed 40 mph to the town.
The restaurant was cute and had a nice view, but it was freezing. It was a really cold wind coming off the ocean.
Being elevated made it colder
Not everyone has arrived yet
View from upstairs.
The buffet was delicious. Salad, shrimp, chicken, beef, Chili Relleno stuffed with shrimp, hot tortilla soup beens, rice. It was super yummy.
When it was time to leave we discovered it was a bit warmer on the ground than it was up there in the restaurant. We returning to Los Barriles via the beach so I added my sweat shirt layer to my short sleeve shirt with long sleeve shirt over it. It was still really cold. Goggles and a face mask help, but eventually my goggles fogged up from the sea air and I had to take them off. We screamed along the beach and then had to pick our way through the rocky areas. It was a little nerve wracking at that point. But, we made it safely home.
Bella was excitedly jumping on me and licking me for at least 10 min. Perhaps she had been afraid for me. Anyway, I grabbed her and we went off to the gas station and filled up the quad. Might as well take care of it now. Then we went back down the beach to see if John and Lori were home. I was excited and wanted to tell them about the adventure, but they were gone for the day. So I went back home.
Meanwhile, Rob was in Hawaii exploring around.
And to end a perfectly lovely day, he shared his Hawaiian sunset with us. Im not sure where he took it from since there is a road in it, but it is lovely just the same.
Good night all!
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