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Hi South Coasters,
You may have noticed that I’m taking over this ride for Sergio. He’s had an unforeseen work commitment. Fortunately for me, he’s already done most of the work! 🙂 See the event page for the full details but in a nutshell, we’ll be camping and hoteling in and around Anza Borrego. If you’ve never been to this area, experienced the spring wildflowers, ogled the massive iron sculptures, ridden the southern board wadis, or eaten at the the boutique dives in downtown Anza, then you are in for a treat.
We’ve reserved two campsites at Borrego Palm Canyon Campground with max capacity of 8 per site for a total 16 people and any number of tents.
There are a few hotels in Anza. One that Sergio picked out, The Palm at Indian Head, has a 4.5 star rating and is located near entrance the park. It has quite a bit of history; notable Hollywood legends such as Clark Gable, Will Rodgers, and Marilyn Monroe have graced this establishment. Rates ranging from $140 – 160 per night.
More information will follow. Come Ride With Us!
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Anza Riders,
Thanks for the quick response to my email on who’s hoteling and who is camping. That helps me keep track of the available 16 camping spots.
I’m happy to say that we still have plenty of space! In fact, I can accommodate another 10 campers. If you are new to moto camping or want to get your feet wet, come on out. Or give me a call and I’ll talk you into it! There is tons of experience in the club and you’ll have plenty of help; and a great time.
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Yo Eric:
In your initial post you refer to Anza, and I believe the correct reference should be Borrego Springs. That’s where The Palms at Indian Head is and where the “boutique dives” are. I used to do a lot of quail hunting around Anza and there isn’t much there unless things have changed a LOT since then.
Pete
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Anza Riders, Thanks for the quick response to my email on who’s hoteling and who is camping. That helps me keep track of the available 16 camping spots. I’m happy to say that we still have plenty of space! In fact, I can accommodate another 10 campers. If you are new to moto camping or want to get your feet wet, come on out. Or give me a call and I’ll talk you into it! There is tons of experience in the club and you’ll have plenty of help; and a great time.
Hi Eric,Happy New Year!I will share a hotel room with Howard. -
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Hi South Coasters,
Happy New Year! I’m excited about our Anza weekend, or as Pete correctly pointed out, I should be referring to our camping weekend at Anza Borrego State Park, near the town of Borrego Springs. In any case, it is shaping up nicely. We have 17 signed up: 8 campers, 6 in a hotel, and 3 mystery people, possibly sleeping under the scorpion ; )
We have plenty of room so make your New Year’s Resolution to get out and ride more with the club, beginning with our first weekend ride of the year. Come Ride With Us!
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I wanted to make this ride, but family is here that weekend. If anything changes, will let you know.
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There are some chance of afternoon shower on 1/14 and 15.
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Hi All,
Like the rest of you, I’m anxiously watching the weather and so far it looks good on Friday with a chance of rain on Saturday and less of a chance on Sunday. That said, we’re still on track with everything. In the meantime, I wanted to get some more info out, particularly calling attention to the desert art installations around Borrego Springs. I’m attaching a couple of maps and have pasted some pix in here.
The plan is to ride down on Friday, do a grand loop on Saturday, including lunch at Fillippi’s, then we’ll spend a leisurely day on Sunday zig-zagging around BS taking in the art. I’ll get gpx files out tomorrow but for now, take a look at this article, Sky Art Sculptures of Borrego Springs, and if you haven’t already signed up, please consider coming out to ride with us!
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I have a fairly close friend who is an atmospheric scientist (essentially a meteorologist with a PhD) for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and he doesn’t hesitate to remind people that the weather doesn’t answer to the weatherman and that trying to forecast the weather more than 3-4 days out with any degree of confidence is a fools game.
With that in mind, I think I’ll postpone any concern about the weather during this ride until next Tuesday or so. Next Saturday sure looks good for the Rock Inn ride, though.
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Hi All,
Weather looks about the same: Friday good, chance of rain on Sat, and rain likely on Sunday. But, we are still on. Keep checking back. Blessings.
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Plan “B” on Saturday?
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And here are the promised gpx files. I’m also including a narrative and picture of the Friday, Saturday routes. Mucho thanks to Pete R for taking my lame files and fixing, adding to, bettering them! He’s a genius!!
Pay close attention to the KSU and gas info. Be on time and ready to ride.
FRIDAY TRIP FROM IRV SEAVER TO PALM CANYON CAMPGROUND.
– 9:00 AM KSU
• Total distance is 158 miles.
• Trip duration is approximately 4 hours 15 minutes.
• Estimated arrival time in Borrego Springs is 1:30 PM.• There’s a bathroom stop at the El Cariso Firefighters Memorial (20 min).SATURDAY DAY RIDE
– 8:00 AM KSU
• Total distance is 242 miles.
• Estimated trip duration is approximately 6 hours 30 minutes.
• Lunch at Filippi’s Pizza Grotto in Jamul (1 hour).
o Estimated arrival time is 11:00 AM.
o 142 mile mark.
• Gas stop is at the 7-Eleven station aprox 0.3 miles past Filippi’s.
o 143 mile mark.
• Estimated return to Borrego Springs is 2:30 PMPlease hit me up with your questions.
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Thanks Eric, looks fun. Looking forward to the weekend, a little rain only makes the stories better! 😉
Bring your rain gear and a tarp all! 🙂Any off-road interested riders? Let me know if you are, we will find the dry trails, great views, with no sand…….
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Hi Everyone!
Good stuff, Karl!
Thanks for the forum thread and FB buzz. Lots of good info floating around. We have a motivated group of 20 split about 40/60, hotel/camping. Routes are set and I’ve double-checked things with the campground. What’s left? Packing.I’m still watching the weather faithfully but I know (as well as you do) that we can easily talk ourselves into believing that it’s time to build the arc; the sky is falling, end of the world! If we let concern get the better of us, we’ll find some reason to cancel. In reality, rain is likely starting around 2:00 pm on Sat and it will rain throughout the night but ending by the time we wake on Sunday. Totally doable. Here’s the link I’m watching, -
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Thank you Sergio and Eric for setting up this weekend ride and leading the group. Good group, excellent getting to know the new members a bit more around the campfire and at meals.
Home at 3:30pm after solo ride home with a bit of off-road in Anza Borrego and slow run in the rain over Ortega Hwy.
Already looking forward to the next one! 🙂
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Thanks to everyone on this ride for making me feel welcome as a new club member and for nursing me down off the hill in that freezing rain and fog! I had a great time! Thanks especially to Eric and Sergio for organizing such a great event! For those of you who didn’t stick around for the Sunday ride out to Salvation Mountain you really missed something special!
Is someone going to organize a photo site? I have several I would like to contribute.
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Photos here.
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