I really love this thread... the diversity of photos is amazing!

So Cal is hot, smoggy and really brown right now; no real green anywhere (except the darn Russian Thistle in the middle of the roadway), not until it rains again. I still find beauty in all the brownness however. Did a ride in Chino Hills State Park (Riverside County, CA). In order to beat the hear (sortof) we started at 6:30a. Coming back on Skully Ridge, the sun was hot and it got hot; around 88 (at 8:30a). We still had a long way to go finishing up around 9:30. 19 1/2 miles, 2000" of climbing... no one else around had the park to ourselves...