Day 5
Woke up 5am - not hungover. Those Nuun electrolyte tablets are god’s gift to earth. Dissolved 3 of those bad boys last night.
I looked out the back of my tent around 5:30am and saw a deer grazing! It’s moments like these that you can’t get when you’re in a city. But speaking of city, I need to find one with outlets, lol.
Now i’ll always be on the look out for charging outlets. Never was a priority. Until I needed a charge. My battery setup is good for 4 days it seems. Going to charge this morning at the campsite restroom, brush teeth, shower at 7.
Update: The bathroom chargers do not give a steady charge. I plugged in and then it stops charging after 15 seconds.
I refilled my waters. I dumped out my wine, which looked like blood after dumping it 😅😶🌫️
Gonna use the rest of my last portable battery, meditate, wait for Taps and think of a new plan.
I remember my one wheel app had a map for charging one wheels. It was a community base generated map where people would put markings on a map to show where available outlets were. For example, there is one I’m going to use in Carmel that says at the back of City Hall on the right side. So I have a map for Wi-Fi and restrooms and I have a map for electrical outlets. Carmel City Hall, Monte Verde Street, Carmel, CA
First Whole Foods Del Monte (69mb/s upload speed) 800 Del Monte Center, Monterey, CA 93940
I uploaded my first day video here within 15 minutes.
I used Campendium (app recommended by ChatGPT for camping) to locate a cheap campsite in Big Sur. This is a big moment (pun intended). This place has been on my list for a few years ever since my buddy camped there and told me it was beautiful. Might make a song and short video with the views.
36°15'10.0"N 121°47'13.6"W
This trip is proving life is figureoutable. Even when I don’t know how far i’m biking, where/when I get my next water refill, where i’m sleeping and where I can find a convenient electricity plug for charging are all unknown.
4:00pm and i’m about quarter of the way done charging. It’s almost pointless to look at a map to scope out where to sleep for the night. Sunset for Big Sur is 8:28pm. Takes 2 hours riding, 2.5hrs or 3 hours at my pedal pace. Go with the flow. It’s not fun charging in public. I feel like everyone walking by is looking. But this will help me for the next few days having batteries full. Worth it. Especially since i’m standing next to my bike and it’s not 20 feet away and i gotta keep an eye on it.
Sitting here waiting for all my batteries to charge, I catch myself with thoughts of doubt. “No seriously, where am I sleeping tonight?” But when I’m pedaling?!? Man when i’m pedaling or cruising down a hill with a view of the coast, that’s the reminder of why I’m doing this. But when I’m still, I drift. But when I’m drifting on my bike, I’m still. I’m still = i’m in the moment, there’s no thoughts of yesterday or tomorrow interfering with my experience. But charging my batteries and feeling the weather get colder, then thinking, “heh…might be a cold one tonight.” That’s when I get doubt. Sometimes I wish I had a teammate or partner. Someone I could tell my jokes to besides myself - the jokes that pass too fast and the camera can’t catch. But sometimes I prefer to be doing this alone. I think I’m the only one fine with backtracking 8.1 miles and 1 of those miles up hill STEEP, in order to get to a relief campsite. Where I can go out of protective mode (of my belongings). And I can go to the town and blend in like a normal tourist. Those moments are nice.
I have to wait to fully charge. It’s pointless and silly to leave half charged when I don’t even know the next time I’ll have an opportunity like this. Being able to charge overnight in a hotel would be nice. Or inside of a restaurant. But funds are dictating my guerrilla charge method using the OneWheel app.
Slept by Rocky Creek Bridge
Total 17 miles today plus whatever to Whole Foods in Monterey and the 17mile ride to Carmel City Hall to charge. Then to Rocky Creek Bridge









