biking the crescent

California has been a little disappointing. The weather's not that much warmer and the food's not that great. However, I can't really judge the whole state based upon one of it's northern most towns in the winter.  Crescent City appears the geographical equivalent of going into a gay bar and hanging out by the door, just stopping by to see what's going on and then bailing at the slightest hint of uncomfortableness.

I decided to see more of Crescent City today. I took Dean on a longer walk around the beach, visited an antique store called Sylvia's Attic, tried the Veggie Reuben at the Good Harvest Cafe and biked around the ocean.  The antique store was cute.  The Veggie Reuben was a veggie melt that was heavy on the sauerkraut (no meat substitute).  However, biking was wonderful.  Crescent City has a lot of bike-friendly features.  Unfortunately some of the bike paths are interrupted by stairs or go directly into the ocean.  But they're trying.

Except for the awful beeping noise every ten seconds, this town is really quaint and adorable.  It's just not what I grew up thinking of as California.  TV glamorizations of Cali rarely depict the northern region which is more my speed anyway.  It could stand to be a tad warmer but I shouldn't expect that in the winter.  Maybe I'll visit again in a more southern region this spring or summer.