Ventura is only an hour north of LA, but the riding is pretty good. There
is a Rail trail, 15mi from the coast up to Ojai. Both Ventura and Ojai can
make for a copacetic family vacation day with plenty of walking, hiking and
shopping etc. Next stop North is Santa Barbara, IMO a bigger
I have a week and plan on driving the coast pretty much the whole way...
Thanks for the comments and sorry for the slow response, its been fairly
crazy trying to wrap up work, the home front, planning, folding the
BikeFriday this evening...etc...
On Sunday, 1 June 2014 22:54:17 UTC-4, Anne
One cheap and interesting place to look into would be the hostel at the Pigeon
Point lighthouse. I haven't stayed there, but I've been there, and it looks
nice. Plenty of great riding option up and down the coast and inland. Check
with the Santa Cruz Randonneurs or RUSA for suggested
I've stayed both at Pigeon Point hostel and at the Montara hostel north of
Half Moon Bay. As I remember, both are standard hostels. Both are located,
as befitting former lighthouses, right on the ocean, in good riding
locations. If you stay at Montara, you could do Planet of the Apes and
return
If you’re into hosteling, another option that I can recommend is the Point
Reyes hostel. It’s about 40 miles from SF and is in a very secluded location
near the Pacific coast. The roads are fine for small wheels, but beware the 17%
uphill stretch just outside the hostel on the way back to the
Hey
I'll be on a bit of a family vacation driving from LA to SF and a bit north
starting around the 15th of June and will have my folding Bike Friday in
tow so I hope to get in a casual ride or two along the coast. Are there
any recommendations for cheap/interesting hotels or camping spots
How do you plan to drive? The usual way is the tedious, yet fast, inland
route. But AFAIK that doesn't take you close to any good notable riding
spots.
The California Coast is wonderful from about Half Moon Bay (just south of
San Francisco) to Morro Bay (south of Big Sur). Maybe the very best is
I agree that Big Sur is worth a visit. A neat camping spot closer to Santa
Cruz is Big Basin Redwoods. Riding around there is pretty hilly and/or more
suited to mtb, though. Farther up the coast, there is a new trail through
the Devil's Slide tunnel, which used to be a car tunnel. And if you're
