Rusty and I are sharing our ride plans and would like to make a short local trip available for others to join. Perhaps we can make this a monthly thing, or not… we’ll see how it goes. We spent some time trying to work out a route that would be friendly to those in a number of areas throughout the Southern California area. We’re setting the date for this as April 5th. Both of our calendars are showing open and we’re hoping that work doesn’t kick in and force a change. I’ll post this on the forum, but let me explain some of the rules first.
1) There are no formal rules and there is not a formal leader.
2) If it rains, we’ll ride another day. In the unlikely event it decides to rain in Southern California, we’ll try to regroup the following weekend. You can check the COG forum posting and we’ll try to keep that up to date.
3) It’s not a parade…. We don’t really need to ride in tight formation, Newbies like me get nervous when riding close and there will be time us to catch up later.
4) This should be a fun ride for everyone, so everyone should be allowed to go at their your own pace. Sure there’s times to ride together, but there will be times when the faster riders will want to be up front so they can enjoy their ride. When that happens, the slower riders (that would be me) can stay back and hold the cagers off to allow the faster guys to move on up the road. We can re-join and catch up later, so relax and have fun.
5) Anyone attending assumes their own risks, liabilities, injury, loss, or damage to your own person or property. See rule number 1…
With that said, the plans are two have two designated meet-up points, one in Orange County and another at Tom’s Farm for those in the Inland Empire area.
For the OC Folks, we’ll meet at the McDonalds at the corner of Ortega Highway and I-5. Departure is at 8:30 AM (we need to be on time for this). We go from McDonalds thru Ortega Hwy and on to Tom’s Farm. From there we meet up with the Inland Empire folks and head around Palomar Mountain to Julian taking the inland side first. We’ll confirm a location to eat later, but for starters we’ve marked the “Wynola Pizza and Bistro” or “Jemery’s on the Hill" area. Below is a Google Map Route.
http://goo.gl/maps/zTxpQ
For the Inland Empire Folks, it’s the same route but starts from Tom’s Farm located at I-15 and Temescal Canyon Road, again around Palomar Mountain. If desired, you can follow the OC guys as we go back through Ortega Highway and get in your 200+ miles. Departure from Tom’s Farm will be between 9:30 to 9:45 AM (let us know you’re coming and we’ll be sure to wait for you). Below is a Google Map Route showing this start location:
http://goo.gl/maps/f79zQ
That’s our plans...
Kap
1) There are no formal rules and there is not a formal leader.
2) If it rains, we’ll ride another day. In the unlikely event it decides to rain in Southern California, we’ll try to regroup the following weekend. You can check the COG forum posting and we’ll try to keep that up to date.
3) It’s not a parade…. We don’t really need to ride in tight formation, Newbies like me get nervous when riding close and there will be time us to catch up later.
4) This should be a fun ride for everyone, so everyone should be allowed to go at their your own pace. Sure there’s times to ride together, but there will be times when the faster riders will want to be up front so they can enjoy their ride. When that happens, the slower riders (that would be me) can stay back and hold the cagers off to allow the faster guys to move on up the road. We can re-join and catch up later, so relax and have fun.
5) Anyone attending assumes their own risks, liabilities, injury, loss, or damage to your own person or property. See rule number 1…
With that said, the plans are two have two designated meet-up points, one in Orange County and another at Tom’s Farm for those in the Inland Empire area.
For the OC Folks, we’ll meet at the McDonalds at the corner of Ortega Highway and I-5. Departure is at 8:30 AM (we need to be on time for this). We go from McDonalds thru Ortega Hwy and on to Tom’s Farm. From there we meet up with the Inland Empire folks and head around Palomar Mountain to Julian taking the inland side first. We’ll confirm a location to eat later, but for starters we’ve marked the “Wynola Pizza and Bistro” or “Jemery’s on the Hill" area. Below is a Google Map Route.
http://goo.gl/maps/zTxpQ
For the Inland Empire Folks, it’s the same route but starts from Tom’s Farm located at I-15 and Temescal Canyon Road, again around Palomar Mountain. If desired, you can follow the OC guys as we go back through Ortega Highway and get in your 200+ miles. Departure from Tom’s Farm will be between 9:30 to 9:45 AM (let us know you’re coming and we’ll be sure to wait for you). Below is a Google Map Route showing this start location:
http://goo.gl/maps/f79zQ
That’s our plans...
Kap