15-17 June: Pumped for Pinnacles!

I am planning the ride for Pinnacles and to cut to the chase, I can’t wait until this one! I am taking my TT250 (which is actually a pretty decent touring platform, as I found out on the TT250 Baja ride we did last year).  If you want to ride with us, your TT250 or RX3 will do  just fine, and we’ll be running a blog on how to set up your TT250 for longer rides in the near future.

The run from Azusa to Pinnacles will be about 330 miles, and I think it’s going to be just grand. We’ll take an easy run on the 210 north to the Angeles Crest Highway and ride those glorious twisties into the Angeles National Forest. From there it’s surface streets to Lake Elizabeth Road and on to Lake Hughes (a grand ride), and it’s the 138 into more twisties to the Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge! Wow, lots of twisties! We’ll take 166 to 33 through the oil fields to Maricopa on up to Coalinga (the name is derived from Coaling Station A, when the old steam engines used to pick up coal there), then it’s on to glorious Highways 198 and 25 all the way to Pinnacles National Park. Who knows…we may even see a California condor or two on the way up (Pinnacles is where they are released into the wild).

I haven’t decided on the return route. We may take to the same way back, or we may divert over to the coast and come down the coast highway. If you have ideas, I’d sure like to hear them. In the meantime, if you want to ride another one of our great CSC rides, let me know! This will be a good one.

You know, we’ve done a number of these CSC rides…our Saturday Dual Sports and Donuts rides, our annual 8-day Baja ride, a TT250 Baja ride, the Destinations Tour, and several more. I love the rides and the scenery, but the best part for me is getting to know the people who participate. I’ve made a lot of good friends on these rides, and I can’t wait to get my knees in the breeze on this next one. Pinnacles, folks! It’s going to be grand!