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PALM SPRINGS IN MARCH
- Thread starter RICHKAWI
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Hi Rich, There are a lot of places to stay as you probably know. What is your budget when it comes to a room, do you want to stay in Palm Springs or another city nearby and when are you coming? Would you like a Hotel Chain or maybe an Indian Casino hotel? If you want some company I know a few riders including me that would enjoy riding with you when you and your wife come out to visit.
Rich,
take a look at La Quinta in Indio ---- a little further east from PS but they offer these little casitas that are private and you can park the bikes right by the front door.
take a look at La Quinta in Indio ---- a little further east from PS but they offer these little casitas that are private and you can park the bikes right by the front door.
Looks like I'll be there the second week of March. Planning to fly into LA, rent some bikes and take a couple of days riding Mulholand Drive and stopping at the Rock Store. Then its off to Palm Springs for a few more days.
Any hotel in the Palm Springs area will due. I'll definitely look at La Quinta in Indio.
I'll post again when things are finalized.
Thanks
Rich
Any hotel in the Palm Springs area will due. I'll definitely look at La Quinta in Indio.
I'll post again when things are finalized.
Thanks
Rich
Rich,
when your on Hwy 1 in Malibu ride north up the coast and stop at a restaurant/bar called Neptune's Nest ---- food is OK, beer is cold, but the ride up there and back is pretty nice.
when your on Hwy 1 in Malibu ride north up the coast and stop at a restaurant/bar called Neptune's Nest ---- food is OK, beer is cold, but the ride up there and back is pretty nice.
I live about 70 miles from Palm Springs (I'm in the same desert) and the suggestion of the La Quinta is an excellent one! I have stayed there several times and highly recommend it. The Indian casinos are also a good choice, are on par with most of the classier Vegas hotels, and they have patrolled covered parking. So the people and the bikes should be just fine!
I have worked in, and around LA, Hollywood and Santa Monica for decades. Going into Los Angeles is difficult most of the time, because bumper to bumper traffic was invented here!! The ride along PCH is great, but on the freeways it is hard to get there from Palm Springs, and getting back in the afternoon and evening is no fun at all. The best time to go would be on the weekend because the East-West commuter traffic is lowest, but the North-South traffic on PCH around Santa Monica and Malibu on weekends is quite painful. The opposite is true during the work week when East-West traffic is at it's high point. Unless you like to lane split, and I do not recommend it with these lousy drivers, you may have your work cut out for you.
If you are going to be on bikes, I would highly recommend riding the mountain ranges and an alternative to some of the LA traffic. The San Bernardino and San Gabriel Mountains offer some outstanding and better know roads for bikes. From Palm Springs you can take the 10 freeway west to route 38 in Redlands. 38 is a casual mountain road that will take to you Big Bear, where I work weekdays. I ride my Connie to and from in the spring and summer summer months from the High Desert. Big Bear would be nice for a stop for coffee or an early lunch. Then you can take 18 to 138 and down into Crestline. After Crestline the route is very twisty but is not as well traveled so you can take your time. Avoid 330 because it will just take you back to the freeways down in San Bernardino which is nothing to see. And because people will push you on 330 if you are not going as fast as they think you should and some of the Porsche and Audi crowd are better drivers in their heads than they are behind the wheel. The BEST reason to go through Crestline is because you will be on 138, and 138 is what you will need to take to get on Highway 2 to Wrightwood which is where all the bike stories about the Los Angeles mountains originate! That is an epic ride by car, and even better on a bike! 2 will take you down into North Pasadena and on into Glendale which will lead to the 101, then 110, and 10 which will end at the Pacific Coast Highway aka PCH or Highway 1. And that is a great stretch to almost Oxnard. After that it is not quite as impressive until Morrow Bay, a long way up the road!!
I have worked in, and around LA, Hollywood and Santa Monica for decades. Going into Los Angeles is difficult most of the time, because bumper to bumper traffic was invented here!! The ride along PCH is great, but on the freeways it is hard to get there from Palm Springs, and getting back in the afternoon and evening is no fun at all. The best time to go would be on the weekend because the East-West commuter traffic is lowest, but the North-South traffic on PCH around Santa Monica and Malibu on weekends is quite painful. The opposite is true during the work week when East-West traffic is at it's high point. Unless you like to lane split, and I do not recommend it with these lousy drivers, you may have your work cut out for you.
If you are going to be on bikes, I would highly recommend riding the mountain ranges and an alternative to some of the LA traffic. The San Bernardino and San Gabriel Mountains offer some outstanding and better know roads for bikes. From Palm Springs you can take the 10 freeway west to route 38 in Redlands. 38 is a casual mountain road that will take to you Big Bear, where I work weekdays. I ride my Connie to and from in the spring and summer summer months from the High Desert. Big Bear would be nice for a stop for coffee or an early lunch. Then you can take 18 to 138 and down into Crestline. After Crestline the route is very twisty but is not as well traveled so you can take your time. Avoid 330 because it will just take you back to the freeways down in San Bernardino which is nothing to see. And because people will push you on 330 if you are not going as fast as they think you should and some of the Porsche and Audi crowd are better drivers in their heads than they are behind the wheel. The BEST reason to go through Crestline is because you will be on 138, and 138 is what you will need to take to get on Highway 2 to Wrightwood which is where all the bike stories about the Los Angeles mountains originate! That is an epic ride by car, and even better on a bike! 2 will take you down into North Pasadena and on into Glendale which will lead to the 101, then 110, and 10 which will end at the Pacific Coast Highway aka PCH or Highway 1. And that is a great stretch to almost Oxnard. After that it is not quite as impressive until Morrow Bay, a long way up the road!!