Tuesday

This morning we decided to stop at a little coffee place just outside of Carmel called ACME Coffee. They roast their own coffee there and one of the Google reviews said “Stopping here was the BEST decision I have ever made!” How can you not check it out after a review like that?!? It was awesome. The building was an old garage (like the kind you take your car to get an oil change) and they brew each coffee one cup at a time. It doesn’t take as long as you would think. They have a set up where you pick your brew; they take out a filter and put it in the brewing station. They put your cup under the filter and pour hot water over the fresh grounds and Voila! Fresh coffee! I think they can brew about 4 cups at a time.

After coffee we jumped on our bikes and headed into Carmel to look around and grab some lunch. What should have been a quick 20-30 min ride turned into a long hour and twenty minute ride zigzagging and back tracking. We found Shannon and the kids illegally parked on one of the side streets so we had to relocate the RV to the outskirts of town. All I want to say is…I am so glad I wasn’t driving that big thing down those narrow streets!

We ate lunch at Clint Eastwood’s Hog’s Breath Café. It wasn’t like the Hog’s Breath Café we have at home where everything is fried and frozen; this place had the best food! We were going to eat ice cream while walking on the sidewalk, but it was freezing! (For his first act as mayor, Clint Eastwood made it legal to eat ice cream while walking down the sidewalk.) All we wanted to do was get back on the bikes and warm up.

Our next stop was Big Sur. It was a 50-60mile ride. Mark drove the RV to the campground then headed back on his bike to meet us. The fog had lifted by the time we pulled in and the spot we were staying was beautiful! We were right across from the river and tucked in between the trees. We stayed here for 2 nights.