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Originally Posted by clemsongirl
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[MENTION=112841]clemsongirl[/MENTION], wow. I just added a new place to my bucket list. Thank you.
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niland ca to past bombay beach and back. the road on the east side of the salton sea is much better than the west side for both traffic and surface.
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^looks recently repaved. west side pavé was good a year ago and shoulder is wide but yah, the traffic is fairly big (trucks and more trucks) and steady.
nice pictures capturing the desolation and desert expanses. great views of toro peak, rabbit peak, san jacinto and san gorgonio. biggest challenge(s) on the eastern shore still the (wind and) support? don't remember much support on the eastern shore but it's easily been 2 decades since i was last there. i can't imagine there's been a significant increase in population and/or non-farming business activity. every winter/spring i say i'm gonna do the approx 106 mile circumnavigation of the salton sea and never do. maybe this year? |
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fantastic bike path from jackson, wy to moose, wy enroute to grand teton national park |
Originally Posted by ooga-booga
(Post 20763326)
fantastic bike path from jackson, wy to moose, wy enroute to grand teton national park
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Originally Posted by ooga-booga
(Post 20763326)
fantastic bike path from jackson, wy to moose, wy enroute to grand teton national park |
ooga-booga it’s usually a nw wind. i start just outside niland so that gives a tailwind coming back, the other days wind wasn’t too bad a headwind. there's water at a small state park and also at a state recreation area and a store in bombay beach on the east side...also the east side has some nice sections of rollers that the west side doesn’t.
from borrego springs https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4829/...11588396_b.jpg to ranchita https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7817/...0c1e9a8c_b.jpg montezuma valley rd. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7827/...c484e5c5_b.jpg https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4901/...622e5cc9_b.jpg https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4875/...ffc30e2e_b.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7863/...d156c396_b.jpg and back to borrego springs https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7867/...07a4a9ac_c.jpg |
Originally Posted by rumrunn6
(Post 20763532)
no cars, horses or leashed pets? that trail is so safe it's almost boring, except for that AMAZING scenery! ever crash cuz you were busy looking at the landscape?
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Originally Posted by clemsongirl
(Post 20764619)
ooga-booga it’s usually a nw wind. i start just outside niland so that gives a tailwind coming back, the other days wind wasn’t too bad a headwind. there's water at a small state park and state recreation area and a store in bombay beach on the east side...also the east side has some nice sections of rollers that the west side doesn’t.
from borrego springs https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4817/...18c170af_b.jpg to ranchita https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7854/...56e0af28_b.jpg montezuma valley rd. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7827/...c484e5c5_c.jpg https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4901/...622e5cc9_c.jpg https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4875/...ffc30e2e_c.jpg and back to borrego springs https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4819/...1ac0e89c_c.jpg nice pics. last time i rolled through there, the little general store in ranchita (next to ranchita man) just before/after the descent/climb summit was closed for good. a shame since there isn't anything else around for miles (santa ysabel or lake henshaw or warner springs) w/o descending to borrego springs. always try to descend montezuma grade w/o using the brakes. only successful one out of 6-7 times. |
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sunrise highway (san diego county hwy s1) approx 7 miles south of julian, ca exiting the laguna mountains/cleveland national forest and heading westward towards cuyamaca rancho state park |
Originally Posted by ooga-booga
(Post 20764781)
last time i rolled through there, the little general store in ranchita (next to ranchita man) just before/after the descent/climb summit was closed for good.
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After all these great desert shots I'm feeling the need for a little moisture:
https://photos.smugmug.com/Other/Bik...MG_0140-XL.jpg Brent |
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Originally Posted by eja_ bottecchia
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Originally Posted by ooga-booga
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haha someone spent a ton of dough on exotics and non-native flora in the first photo. still pretty tho.
I love that tree. It is located at a point after a short, but sometimes steep climb. Many hot summer days I have briefly stopped under its shade, to cool off before heading out to the Gibraltar climb. The tree is a good friend; when the Thomas fire swept through the area I was afraid that it would be torched. Thankfully the fire skipped the area. The picture below is from the same area, but looking out towards the Santa Barbara Channel. Very pretty area. https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...81f824f5d.jpeg |
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Originally Posted by ooga-booga
(Post 20772392)
checkerboard mesa-zion national park, utah
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Originally Posted by ooga-booga
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Back Roads and Citrus groves, Ventura County California |
Slight change of pace - The Hungarian Plains, between Bratislava and Győr, near Mosonmagyaróvár:
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...60af9ca166.jpg Somewhere between Győr and Komárom (probably just past Gönyű), Hungary: https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...358afc805b.jpg * |
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heading towards hidden valley in joshua tree national park, ca |
Originally Posted by Rides4Beer
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