Trying to remember all the nice people today...

Of course it started with the 3 other guys in the Hiker/Biker campsite at the SP. Then we talked to a woman with two boys on the way out of the SP.
Passed/got passed by another bike tourer several times during the day, riding from SF to LA.
Rode with two Pro-looking female triathletes for a while on Hwy 1, in tight traffic conditions. We were planning on trying to draft them, but got pinched off right away by a motorist. They were either chatting away enough; or waiting for us? Not sure. But we did get back on and draft for a while, before they split up at an intersection.
Talked to a nice guy/couple once we hit the beach bike path.
Rode with two guys at the far end of the bike path, and rode too far while chatting. Had to loop back and re-find the route. Dang! (One of the guys told me he knew where the street we needed was...wrong! Then we didn't believe the nice woman we stopped and asked. Her directions proved to be good - wish we had taken them!)
Then we got into the most stressful part of the ride through LA. And a nice yound woman in work clothes rode up behind us at a red light and started asking questions...she had bike toured from SF to LA last year and loved it. She drafted the two of us at 25 mph (w a tailwind) in tight traffic (on a mtb? In restaurant work clothes). Impressive. And seemingly fearless. I must admit I was nervous for her when she turned off, and we watched her ride away with no helmet on, in tough traffic (with no bike lane).
Then we came up behind another cyclist, w a good bright jacket on. We started talking, the light went green; then only Heidi and I squeaked through on a orange/red light. We stopped at our turn off and our fellow cyclist caught up, and we continued chatting. Anyway, Gary is a courageous bike commuter and he also loves touring. As many of you know, bike touring is awesome!

And I'm sure there were more nice people we talked to today...oh yeah! The guy at the table next to us in Malibu at the cafe. And the woman there who was asking Heidi about her bike, etc who came back and took photos of it...