If you travel the Ventura-Ojai path, please take and post photos. I lived
in the area briefly (Santa Paul/Ojai/Ventura) but it was very long ago and
I'd like to see what the amenities look like now -- certainly there was no
cycling infrastructure in 1979. Who knows, I am hoping ("hoping;" it's not
her first or second or fifth choice) my daughter will attend Thomas Aquinas
College in Santa Paula in 2019, and I may have a chance to try the path
out. We'll see.On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 7:25 PM Leah Peterson <[email protected]> wrote: > You are all the BEST. I am looking through the SoCal options now and am > really excited about a couple of them - The Marvin Braude bike path is > especially enticing since there is so much to see. Also, the Ventura-Ojai > path and possibly Irvine. Wow! I’ll talk it over with my beloved yahoos > (who will be reluctant because that’s a LOT of biking) and then pour it on > thick next month for my birthday if we don’t make it this weekend. That’s > fair, right? I may have questions about some of the trails, but I’ll try to > email you privately so as not to bombard everyone with them. > Thanks again, friends! > Leah > Sent from my iPad > > On Jan 15, 2019, at 5:59 PM, Ed Carolipio <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thumbs up on the Marvin Braude bike path to the west of Los Angeles, which > is in my neck of the woods. > > We usually park at Miramar Park, in Torrance. Parking's not free but it's > relatively inexpensive and is for the day. Caution though there's a steep > walk down to Torrance Beach from the parking lot. From there, it's just a > matter of choosing where you want to turn around: most adults and big kids > can make it to Manhattan Beach pier easily, Dockweiler (LAX) with a bit of > a push, Venice with motivation, and Santa Monica with ambition. The path > gets wonky right before Hermosa (there may be stairs involved) and around > Marina Del Rey (a detour into the edge of the city) so check Google Maps on > the route. > > You'll encounter minimal car traffic throughout, and in the winter > probably not very much foot or bike traffic. It's relatively flat but you > may have to content with a headwind. Lots of potential stops along the way > to rest, to grab a bite to eat, or to sightsee and take pictures. (There > are lots of public restrooms along the way: as a guy I never minded them > but my sister seemed to always be leery.) > > [Pictures show Dockweiler -> Hermosa Beach -> Redondo Beach marina, which > is from north to south on the path.] > > --Ed C. > > <IMG_5800.jpg><IMG_5801.jpeg><IMG_5842.jpg> > > > > On Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at 1:04:59 PM UTC-8, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! > wrote: >> >> I did not realize this would be a long weekend. After it dawned on us >> that there is no school Monday, we are considering packing up and driving >> to CA for a mini-vacation. I would love it to be a bike trip, but I love >> biking more than anyone else in my family, and you know how that goes - you >> gotta consider the other yahoos you live with. Does anyone have any >> suggestions for dazzling places to bike in southern or central CA? Heck, >> maybe even northern Cal. >> >> Wish List: >> 1. Protected bike path so we all come home alive. >> 2. Along a water source (living in the desert, if we can ride by/to/along >> a lake or river or ocean, we’re in raptures!) >> 3. Not too hilly (because the yahoos will protest and want to quit early) >> >> I realize this is a rather dreamy (unrealistic?) wish list but if such >> paradise existed, someone on this Calfiornia-heavy List would definitely >> know. >> >> Thanks! >> Leah > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/6-tSV3FTWMM/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > <IMG_5800.jpg> > > <IMG_5801.jpeg> > > <IMG_5842.jpg> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- *------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* *Still 'round the corner there may waitA new road or a secret gate,And though we pass them by today,Tomorrow we may come this wayAnd take the hidden paths that runTowards the Moon or to the Sun.* --- J.R.R. 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