Day 23 - Half Moon Bay, CA to Sunset State Beach, CA - 69.96 miles

We definitely went with our stop 'n go approach today. Our first stop came before we had ridden any miles when we had to enjoy a last morning on Ken at the Ritz with breakfast and one more visit to the spa. We made a strong push before our next stop and forty miles later came upon an organic strawberry farm that enticed us with a 10% off deal for bikers (off the bixcitement charts!). After enjoying a strawberry shortcake, strawberry-apple cider, strawberry cheesecake brownie, strawberry macaroon and sampling EVERY type of strawberry jam we continued on our journey. One of the coolest parts of Swanson's Organic Strawberry Farm was the "famous honor till" - you just added up what you ate and took your own change from the register. Ten miles later (thanks to a great recommendation from Morgan), we stopped at the Santa Cruz boardwalk to ride the 85 year old, wooden, Giant Dipper roller coaster and Skywalk Gondola; check out a free, strange, but entertaining Cirque Magnifique show; and enjoy a boardwalk snack before we kept rolling.