WEST COAST RIDERS

LETS RIDE
SAT?
WILL BE IN HUNTINGTON BEACH ON SAT
OFF 405 AND BEACH IS THAT CLOSE TO U

I might be able to ride for a while on Saturday

Who is going to be near Hunt Bch on Saturday? I & Kirk (if someone gives us a call) will most likely be at Pelican Isle (Peters Landing) across from water tower house late afternoon(thats PCH/Anderson) Kind of Sunset Beach but on harbor side (shop this morning). Let us know if your heading this way... Mary

I called Gerd and Mary called Vince. Neither turned up or returned calls?? Slackards!!!
I was a fantastic day at the beach! I drove from Seal beach to past Laguna and then back to Sunset Beach where I met up with Mary and Kirk.
Thank you Mary and Kirk I had a great time, great place on the water!

Sorry guys
Injured my back on friday nite
Vince bill and jim I have one more weekend for a ride and then I'm gone till morro bay

HEY I HEARD THEIR WERE TONS OF CARS AT HB MANI AND PCH ON SAT.

Gerd, sorry to hear about your back! Catch you on the next one!

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I would be up for either. Which one is better??

Also I would like to drive up the Crest (Hwy 2), I think the road is open now. Have you been to Newcomb's Ranch??

http://www.newcombsranch.com/

HAVE NOT BEEN TO EITHER BUT THE RANCH LOOKS AWESOME

I think cruising the Crest Hwy with lunch at the top of the mountain at Newcomb's ranch would be a great alternative to the Arrowhead gig! Keep us posted on the road conditions on the Crest, Bill!

I would go to that Newsom's in a heart beat. Might drive the Targa thought!

I would join if the road is open, it is a fun drive

Eddy

Well lets do this ...

Hello West Coast Riders!! Good news the road is open!!! There were several crews working so I got escorted twice. Once past the Mt Wilson the speed limit is 55 and lots of fun. I went all the way to the second ski resort. It was a little cold, never needed my jacket.
Newcomb's is the same as always except they are running on a generator. The menu is smaller due to food storage, but still have a great burger.
There were several bikers up there for a Wednesday. Even a guy on a vintage Enfield!
I am up for it any time. From La Canada its about 40 fun miles each way.

Here is the last pic outside Newcomb's Ranch.

Reminds me of a business trip I took once, landing in LAX the day before, headed for China Lake. Took the road up the San Gabriels outside of Pasadena, w/ aim of seeing the sights. It was March, very pleasant in LA basin. A rare bright, crystal clear day. Got a very good ways down the ridge road heading north-ish, w/ aim of dropping down the ridge to the east when I got more or less even w/ China Lake. All the signs at the base of the mtn before I got going said "Open" I should have taken note when we passed the first ski slope and folks were having a very good time there. Eventually I saw lots of snow at side of raod, and it was getting late in the day, rain started, mixed w/ snow. Arrived at some town -- name not recalled -- where the road simply stopped where the plows had stopped all winter long. There was a sheer wall of snow at least ten feet high blocking the intersection. I had just spent the last couple of hours traveling down a dead end road. I was truly annoyed. Had to turn around and go back quite a ways until I could find my way off the mountain and down into the valley and thence to China Lake. Some fun . . . in a rental car . . . with my boss . . .

Kelly, sounds like you may have made it all the way to Wrightwood??
In the winters they used to close the road about 1/4 mile past the 2nd ski resort. Last Wednesday the road past Snow Crest was covered with gravel so I turned back and went for a beer. I met some people who said the road is closed at the 39 junction past the tunnel.

If you initially took Angelus Crest Hwy, then you were totally going the wrong way. Sounds like you went through Pasadena and eventually went north on the I-15 and instead of taking highway 395 north to China Lake which is close to Ridgecreast and about 100 miles east of Bakersfield, you took Highway 138 west into the San Gabriel Mountains

I am voting for Larry here...

Well we had a good map and a whole afternoon, and am sure we were headed in the right direction more or less, just not counting on a whole winter's worth of snow still laying on th road. I lived to tell about it, so I guess it was a great trip . . . We did make China Lake that night.