Today I am headed to Hollister CA to pick up KC’s bike. I’ve decided to use public transit and my thumb to cross over the pass behind Watsonville. We’ll see how it goes. I’ll update this as I progress.

My first ride was a couple Wastonville-local workers (framers) that picked me up just opposite a large berry farm (Pickt Rite?). The driver was keen to chat but his passenger didn’t speak very much English. He just smiled and nodded a lot. These guys were great and took me all the way over CA-129, up US-101 to CA-25 (which descends into Hollister effectively passing the airport (and therefore Corbin).

Once I walked a mile or so along CA-25, a guy (Mike) in a pick-up truck pulled over. He’s a dirt bike racer who lives in Morgan Hills, and was headed to the Honda shop to pick up some parts for his CR.

He even detoured around the airport so I didn’t have to walk very far at all — a quick hole in the fence and I was right at the Corbin building.

Sadly, I took too long hitch-hiking to connect with the folks in R&D, but KC’s bike was sitting in the show room, ready to go.

The seat looks fantastic and they did a great job. I have a quick photo I snapped of the seat here, but I’ll post something a little more professional when I get a chance. Apparently Corbin will put it up on their web site once they have a chance to edit the photos they shot.

5 hrs to get from Santa Cruz to Hollister, 45 minutes to return home. A tad asymmetric.
Yeah! We’re a two bike family again.