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Ron,
How are you seeing this thread? When I posted it last night, I could not get it to show up in the Forum or on recent topics. It is still invisible to me but yet somehow you snagged it? I have a note out to Rick to see how I broke it 🙂
I also just checked the Pinnacles site. Camp fires are still not allowed. Hopefully that will change by the time we arrive. Fingers crossed!
Ok, I lied, it didn’t take as long as I thought to put it all together. Here are the details!
Day 1 Ride Out
• 281.92 miles w/lunch stop and fuel
• MEET UP 6:30AM La Canada Panera Bread 990 Town Center La Canada Flintridge, CA 91011
• Rider meeting: 6:45AM
• KSU time w/full gas: 7AM SHARP
Ride Route Summary: Early start to the day since we are chasing daylight savings time to ensure plenty of light for camp setup and settling in. We will spend a bit of time on the freeway exiting in Frazier Park to take Cuddy Valley Rd ending up eventually on the other side of the mountain near Maricopa on the CA-33. From there, northbound for a late breakfast/early lunch near the Chevron (I forgot the name of the place from last year but it was good!) Make sure you don’t eat a hearty breakfast! The route will continue along the 33N eventually grabbing the 198E and a right turn for the last 35 or so miles on Airline Highway before arriving to the park entrance.
The camping details: In years past, there was a small fee per person to enter the park, but it has been inconsistent for parking/entrance. I am working to contact the N.P. but it has been a bit hard. Camping is $5.00 per night per person. Parking has been gracious in the group sites to allow us to park all, or most motorcycles without having to use the overflow. There are showers and in general, the facilities are what you would expect from a national park. We are camping at group site 121, Loop G. You are on your own for meals/camping so make sure to bring plenty of what you want to consume at the site. The camp store has a good selection at a price. There is also a market down Airline Highway a small distance which had a good assortment of meat and other items you may want to cook at the site.
Day 2 – Willy NillyThere are plenty of great activities and rides for day two. There will not be an official ride for day two as some folks may prefer to hike, while others will ride. I have done both in one day and we checked out Hollister for lunch etc. in years past. Bottom line here is to enjoy your Saturday with whatever you prefer to do.
Day 3 Return Home• 285.48 miles w/lunch stop and fuel as required
• MEET UP 8:30AM
• Rider meeting: 8:45AM
• KSU time: 9AM Sharp
Ride Route Summary: Backtracking a it on Airline Highway you will head south intersecting 198 but continuing straight and south on Peach Tree Rd. Eventually, this will deliver us to San Miguel and Skirt Paso Robles with a lunch stop at Jack Ranch Café off the 41. Continuing East then South on the 33, will intersect Maricopa Highway before jumping on the 5 to officially terminate the weekend at Panera Bread, our route start.Thanks for that heads up David. Glad the deer was not interested in meeting you or the RT head on!
Hello!
Please find the attached Rider Summary and routes for Day 1 and Day 2. Questions will be considered, may be answered. 😀
Looking forward to seeing folks out there next weekend!
Just saw this David – would have been great to ride with you today and honor those. Next year! Will we see you tomorrow?
Chris,
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Hi Bill,
All good stuff here, and I like the fact we are communicating more than I have ever experienced. If I may suggest, I think this is a good topic to discuss at the next BOD, and perhaps earlier a quick call with a few of us to level set. We have experienced higher than ever turnouts at the events, at least in my humble two years with the club, so we are in uncharted territory, especially in 2017-2018. Based on what I have already seen in response, it looks like more sites would be required and perhaps an alternate approach to introducing the intent might have lessened the concern.
Karl, I appreciate your consideration of the club finances, goodness knows if we had more like that in Business perhaps there would not be as much wasted spend out there. I would recommend pulling in the other two sites as I think it is a risk we take sometimes for the camping since turnout is always a question when we have to book so far in advance for other rides. I would rather say yes to someone who wants to camp rather than no.
Let’s keep the conversation going!
Thanks,
Brandon