Anne, I have that same epiphany every time we do one of our rides. Whether in the Santa Monica Mountains, Santa Anas (Orange County), Eastern San Diego Co, San Clemente, or out in Redlands, it's pretty much the same. Millions of people within 10 miles of our spot, but we'll meet less than a handful out on the trails. It's pretty amazing, but also kind of sad as it seems of people aren't enjoying the natural resources in their back yards. Yes, that means the trails and forests aren't being over used and harmed, but that also means that most people don't know they are there and are just as content to have a 5,000 home housing development (with golf-course!) go in there.
I'm just glad I get to see these areas, and explore Southern California. Because of the good people on this list, I have been able to ride the trails in all the above-mentioned areas, places that I probably would have never seen otherwise! Hooray for the strangers you meet on the interwebs! Cheers, David On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Anne Paulson <anne.paul...@gmail.com>wrote: > Last summer, as part of a Mexico-Canada ride through the Sierra and > Cascades, I rode the Angeles Crest highway. Even in the summer, even though > we were entirely on paved roads, even though we were close to a metropolis > of ten million people, it was almost deserted, and absolutely gorgeous up > there. I'd like to go back there some time and ride the dirt, provided I > didn't have to ever, ever go back to Palmdale or Tehachapi. > > > On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 9:25 AM, Andy Smitty Schmidt <54ca...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> As a former Southlander... I'd love to see a map of the route. >> >> --Smitty >> >> >> On Saturday, May 25, 2013 8:49:37 PM UTC-7, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> You may think your Rivendell does good on the back roads, excels at city >>> riding and really shines when you throw a little dirt into the mix. But did >>> you know they can also be ridden on honest to goodness mountain >>> singletrack? Yes, I'm here to tell you it's true! In fact, I would >>> encourage you to hop on your lugged steel bicycle and ride it in your local >>> mountains. You would be amazed at what it can do. >>> >>> Photographic documentation of just such an adventure in the San >>> Bernardino Mountains of Southern California: >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/**cyclotourist/sets/**72157633702649228/<http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/sets/72157633702649228/> >>> >>> Thanks to everyone that came out and enjoyed what can only be described >>> as a perfect day in SoCal. Just doesn't get any better! >>> >>> Cheers, >>> David >>> >>> -- >> 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > > -- > -- Anne Paulson > > My hovercraft is full of eels > > -- > 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
