OMG. That's where we crashed out.
Marko's still in bed.
All right ladies, gentlemen, Vagabuddies, we're going to give you guys a quick
breakdown of what's on the plate for today.
We have a pretty awesome section
of California that we're going to be riding today.
Basically, we're starting off here in Santa Ynez Valley, and we're going to be
riding through a couple of these little Central Californian oddities.
There're some cool towns here- Solvang, Buellton, and then out to
Jalama Beach, which is at the tip of Point Conception, and we're going to call it a
day out by Pismo Beach/ Avila Beach area.
You got murked bro by bugs, man.
They're starting to swell. Look at that bug bites.
The only cure for this is putting a
a helmet on and riding really fast. Let's hop on these motorbikes and
get some breakfast.
A fun little ride out of the Santa Ynez Valley.
We're in the funky town of Solvang. It's literally like a little miniature
Denmark here, the sister city Albergue in Denmark. It's definitely on the quirkier spots
in the Central California coast, and we're going to go start off the day right
with some cinnamon buns and coffee, both of which are very Danish and very
necessary right now. Let's go.
Cinnamon. This is a bear claw with marzipan.
And this is called a Spandle.
It is custard and it means baker's eye.
OMG. Decadent.
A lot of people think that cinnamon buns are American
They actually come from Scandinavia,
and the reason they use cinnamon, which is a spice that came
from the Middle East and Asia because Vikings sailed down Black Sea and traded
with Arab traders a thousand years ago.
Isn't that crazy?
This town is funky, certainly my no means a hidden gem.
There are big tour busses dropping off people from Australia,
Korea, China, but it's still really quirky. It's funny to see this
little slice of Europe here in the middle of California.
Well, we made it here to the vintage
motorcycle museum.
Unfortunately it is closed, but you can
peep in. There are some nice bikes back there,
and you call them and they'll come open it for you.
It's only open on the weekends. From Monday to Friday they will
open it for you $10 per person. However, we're going to continue because we're
trying to cover some ground today, and we don't really have time to be
wasting time, so we're going forward.
We're on the Santa Rosa Road, heading
out to Point Conception
and Jalama Beach. We've passed all
sorts of vineyards and ranches
There're cattle; there's wine and there are these
beautiful open roads. For motorcyclists and for a person who just
generally digs nature, this is just quite the spot to be on a motorbike.
Pulled over on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere and take this
opportunity to refill. For me, personally, this is one of the coolest
parts of California. There's an Air Force base down here,
and back in the day when
they were doing the space program, they thought they were going to land the
Space Shuttle here. So the Air Force bought up all development rights for
these ranches right here, but they ultimately ended up landing the space
shuttles over in Cape Canaveral.
These ranches are not able to be developed, and it's a
beautiful untouched part of California. But I'm out of gas, so luckily we filled
up on some extras.
We're going to refill and go from there.
Oh my gosh. It's so pretty.
And the ocean looks inviting.
Howdy. How's it going?
All right you guys, we've just feasted on a Jalama burger, and now we're
just chillin at Jalama Beach, which is absolutely gorgeous. It really reminds
me of Blacks Beach in San Diego or Baja California, but a kind of a crazy
history that we just encountered inside of the general store.
The largest US Navy disaster in
peacetime took place here in 1923. It's called the Honda Point Disaster.
It was September 8 1923- seven ships were completely lost out of a
fourteen ship armada, which ran aground right on the other side of this point.
23 people were killed. It's just kind of crazy to think... it's such a beautiful
calm day; you'd never really imagine that the weather can get pretty severe
out here and difficult to navigate. We're on the point ....
this little.... like the nipple of California. It just sticks out just a
little bit. But there's actually a bigger disaster right here in the 1850s...a
steamship crashed, and 415 people died.
But we're out here. This is like remote California.
I really do wish that we could hang out here all weekend.
We're going to have to come back and definitely spend a couple of days here.
We've got a long way to go to our next destination.
We're going to have to bunker down and
hit the throttle because we got a lot of mileage to cover. Are you ready to go?
Luckily, we're taking one of the least known sections of the PCH:
Highway 1 between Lompoc, Santa Maria and Pismo Beach.
Let's go. Let's do it.
Vagabuddies, the moto adventurers,
we have arrived to Avila Beach.
Camp is made, kind of.
We've got shit everywhere, but that's where we're sleeping.
There's Marko. Time to go to the hotsprings.
All right, everybody.
We are bathed, showered, and starving.
So where're we going to go eat?
Well, I'll be honest. It takes a lot to get me out of that hot tub after such a
relaxing soak, but we're going to go to a restaurant called Ember. It's a
local or organic awesome restaurant, which is just down the road.
It's supposed to be worth it for the whole trip, so should be good. We're going to
hop into an uber. We're not going to ride our bikes so we can have a beverage or
two, and yeah, enjoy a good meal.
Beard in your beer.
IPAs all day.
We just got our first two dishes,
and they look delicious.
The one that I'm most stoked about is this pork ragout over
some pasta. It's got sauteed kale, and it looks incredible. But Marko,
tell us about the one you're into.Pork belly with abalone over an
avocado sauce, and it looks delish. Oh my god.That's delicious.
Oh my god, Bro. I have to say great job, great find.
Would never have known that
this place existed. The Ember has sparked a flame, and I will return and
feast here again. That's because on Vagabrothers, it's about the journey and the destination.
Enjoy the ride. We're just riding our beast from feast
to feast. Dude, that's yours.
You cannot take that from me. Ok, fine, but I have the saying of
rough camping and fine dining. There you go. Take it.
We're saving money on accommodation.
30 bucks for two people sleeping on the floor.
Rough camping, fine dining, and we're at our beasts from feast to feast.
and then we're spending the money on nice restaurants.
If you guys enjoyed this video, stay
tuned for the next one because we're going to Big Sur, but the road is closed.
We're taking a detour through Paso Robles. Going to be dope.
Stay tuned for that video coming up next.
You know what to do: stay curious, keep exploring, we'll see
you on the road tomorrow. California motorcycle adventure continues.
Peace.
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