San Diego, California

We rode a shorter distance today after leaving Slab City this morning.    Arriving in San Diego, we stopped at a Target where we did some shopping.    After hopping over to a Starbucks for some free internet, we programmed our GPS's for the local BMW dealership (new tires) and another bike store for some upgraded helmet cams.

At the first bike store we arrived at, we met up with two bikers (Neil and Troy) from the internet that we knew were doing the same route as us.  They just happened to be at the same store at the same time.

After we got their hotel info, we left them and headed to the BMW dealership to shop for tires.  As we pulled up, Simon from Calgary, another biker we know, was just leaving the store.  He had hooked up with the two other bikers we had met earlier in the day.   Small world.

We are now (all 5 of us) at the same hotel, and will likely head across the border together, as we hope that 5 bikers will be less of a target than 2 bikers when we head into Mexico.