Jeff in Ferndale WA
10-09-2009, 02:33 PM
I’ve up loaded all of our pictures on Webshots http://community.webshots.com/album/574988603hGDABO
The main focus of this trip was to try out camping, and finish riding the west coast. Since we had ridden the coast as far as Monterey last year, the plan was to get back to Monterey in a hurry, and take it easy from there.
We left home around 3:30 pm on Friday Sep 18.We rode 161 miles to my cousin’s place on Bay Lake, which is on the Key Peninsula, across the narrows from Tacoma. We spent two nights there in the tent and enjoyed the family reunion on Saturday.
We left there at 9:00 am on Sunday with the plan of getting at least 600 miles behind us before we stopped. We rode through Shelton, hit I-5 at Olympia and rode the slab to Redding. We arrived there around 9:00 pm, where we stayed in a Best Western. 595 miles for the day.
We left Redding the next morning, and rode the freeways until we got to Monterey, where we got on Highway 1 and rode to Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park where we stayed for one night. Temps in the 70’s when we arrived around 5:00. 352 miles for the day.
http://inlinethumb22.webshots.com/45461/2190235050055945140S500x500Q85.jpg
We left there the next day and rode the coast to El Capitan State Beach, which is just north of Santa Barbara. Pretty foggy most of the way,so couldn't get any pictures Arrived about 4:00. 235 miles for the day. We stayed there three nights. Temps in the high 70’s
http://inlinethumb22.webshots.com/45461/2190235050055945140S500x500Q85.jpg
I had a 300 mile route planned through the Santa Barbara mountains so we started that route early on the next day. We rode to Santa Barbara, then turned up into the mountains where the temperature quickly rose to the 90’s. We decided it was too hot to continue that route. We spent a few hours in the air conditioned shops of the Danish themed tourist town of Solvang. I then tried out my new cooling vest and found they really do work. It kept me comfortable. We rode back to Santa Barbara and looked around some more before returning to camp and enjoyed a simple dinner and a very nice sunset. 161 miles for the day
http://inlinethumb19.webshots.com/44498/2777552010055945140S500x500Q85.jpg
The next day, the plan was to ride to look around at Malibu. I put on the cooling vest We rode 101 to Malibu Canyon, then to Malibu. By the time we reached Malibu Canyon it was 102,but cooled back down to the high 70’s when we got back to the water. The vest worked very well. Gen still wore her leather jacket, but with only a tank top underneath, and used a spray mister when it was above 90. We rode around looking at some very nice houses.
I had a kid working for me during the summer that lived near Malibu who told me one day” Dude, you gotta ride Latigo Canyon”, so I planned my route through there. It turns out Latigo Canyon was very hot, and also tons of really tight hairpin turns, and lots of road with no guard rails. It was very scenic, but I didn’t have much time to look at the scenery. It wasn’t a road that I would recommend. Here’s a screen shot of the route. Note how twisty the first half is!
http://inlinethumb49.webshots.com/42800/2427041890055945140S500x500Q85.jpg
We got back to camp and enjoyed another sunset and sat around the campfire.231 miles for the day.
Friday, the 25th, we got up packed up and headed south to finish riding the west coast. We stayed on 101 and 1 until we got into Los Angeles, where it was all stop and go traffic, so we got on the freeways. Eventually I-5 follows the coast to San Diego. We rode until we came to the last exit before entering Mexico. We can now say we have ridden the entire west coast of the US on a Goldwing!
http://inlinethumb48.webshots.com/42479/2442257620055945140S500x500Q85.jpg
The main focus of this trip was to try out camping, and finish riding the west coast. Since we had ridden the coast as far as Monterey last year, the plan was to get back to Monterey in a hurry, and take it easy from there.
We left home around 3:30 pm on Friday Sep 18.We rode 161 miles to my cousin’s place on Bay Lake, which is on the Key Peninsula, across the narrows from Tacoma. We spent two nights there in the tent and enjoyed the family reunion on Saturday.
We left there at 9:00 am on Sunday with the plan of getting at least 600 miles behind us before we stopped. We rode through Shelton, hit I-5 at Olympia and rode the slab to Redding. We arrived there around 9:00 pm, where we stayed in a Best Western. 595 miles for the day.
We left Redding the next morning, and rode the freeways until we got to Monterey, where we got on Highway 1 and rode to Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park where we stayed for one night. Temps in the 70’s when we arrived around 5:00. 352 miles for the day.
http://inlinethumb22.webshots.com/45461/2190235050055945140S500x500Q85.jpg
We left there the next day and rode the coast to El Capitan State Beach, which is just north of Santa Barbara. Pretty foggy most of the way,so couldn't get any pictures Arrived about 4:00. 235 miles for the day. We stayed there three nights. Temps in the high 70’s
http://inlinethumb22.webshots.com/45461/2190235050055945140S500x500Q85.jpg
I had a 300 mile route planned through the Santa Barbara mountains so we started that route early on the next day. We rode to Santa Barbara, then turned up into the mountains where the temperature quickly rose to the 90’s. We decided it was too hot to continue that route. We spent a few hours in the air conditioned shops of the Danish themed tourist town of Solvang. I then tried out my new cooling vest and found they really do work. It kept me comfortable. We rode back to Santa Barbara and looked around some more before returning to camp and enjoyed a simple dinner and a very nice sunset. 161 miles for the day
http://inlinethumb19.webshots.com/44498/2777552010055945140S500x500Q85.jpg
The next day, the plan was to ride to look around at Malibu. I put on the cooling vest We rode 101 to Malibu Canyon, then to Malibu. By the time we reached Malibu Canyon it was 102,but cooled back down to the high 70’s when we got back to the water. The vest worked very well. Gen still wore her leather jacket, but with only a tank top underneath, and used a spray mister when it was above 90. We rode around looking at some very nice houses.
I had a kid working for me during the summer that lived near Malibu who told me one day” Dude, you gotta ride Latigo Canyon”, so I planned my route through there. It turns out Latigo Canyon was very hot, and also tons of really tight hairpin turns, and lots of road with no guard rails. It was very scenic, but I didn’t have much time to look at the scenery. It wasn’t a road that I would recommend. Here’s a screen shot of the route. Note how twisty the first half is!
http://inlinethumb49.webshots.com/42800/2427041890055945140S500x500Q85.jpg
We got back to camp and enjoyed another sunset and sat around the campfire.231 miles for the day.
Friday, the 25th, we got up packed up and headed south to finish riding the west coast. We stayed on 101 and 1 until we got into Los Angeles, where it was all stop and go traffic, so we got on the freeways. Eventually I-5 follows the coast to San Diego. We rode until we came to the last exit before entering Mexico. We can now say we have ridden the entire west coast of the US on a Goldwing!
http://inlinethumb48.webshots.com/42479/2442257620055945140S500x500Q85.jpg