Big Sur

Have just arrived in the famous Big Sur and am having a coffee and
contemplating the hilly 30 miles I still have to cycle today. It's a
smaller place than I expected, apparently its population is only 1000.

It's nice not to worry about the weather any more. It just doesn't
seem to rain around here at all, the worst it gets is a little foggy.
Mornings and evenings are chillier than I expected though. No fires
are allowed in the campgrounds around here, which is fair enough
considering the amount of damage fire does to this part of the coast.

The campground I wanted to go to this evening - Pfieffer Big Sur - is
shut because of fire damage, so I'm pushing on to Kirk Creek campground.

Last night I stayed in Veterans Park which is basically a campground
in the middle of Monterey. There were signs up warning of 'urban
raccoons' who have no fear of humans. Sure enough I was woken at 2am
by the sound of one of my panniers being dragged out of my tent porch
by one of the little buggers! Normally they don't touch your stuff if
it's that close to where you are sleeping. Turned out I had left some
trail mix in there so it was after that.