Preparation and Getting There I don’t know when I first heard about the Great American Eclipse of 2017. We know the schedules of eclipses for centuries in advance, maybe longer. I may have heard about it back in the 70s in high school (yes, now you have a bracket on my age). But I had …
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The Strand On the Los Angeles Coast to Sycamore Canyon Overnighter, July 2015
The Plan This is another throwback blog of a ride I took a while ago. The route was simple: to ride the entire length of “The Strand”, continue along Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) to Point Mugu State Park and camp at a Sycamore Canyon, then retrace my route back the next day. [activity id=338607581] [activity …
Vultures, An Opsrey And A Cutthroat Overnighter
We have been getting much needed rain in California lately, and it continues to wreak its own special havoc with outdoor activities. Cyclists here are not used to dealing with rain and they mostly stop riding, so when I ride in the wet there are very few cyclists to be seen, even on weekend mornings. I don’t …
Chino Hills Overnighter / Bikepacking / Sub-48 Trip Part 2
This is a continuation of my previous blog entry about this ride, located here, as you might guess by the title. If you are scrolling down the blog you probably want to skip down and read in order. This picks up in the middle of day 1 of a two day ride. This was my route, …
Dixon Lake Overnighter Bikepacking Trip
After much planning and anticipation I did another local overnighter tour/bikepack trip, this one staying overnight at Dixon Lake in Escondido, CA. Strava tells only part of the story, of course Day 1: Day 2: I went on this overnighter on the last two days of 2015, which might be symbolic somehow but I really …
