As a
matter of fact, check out this picture - it was taken in February and, YES,
that's the beach in the background! Well --- I must say, considering the weather NYC has had this
winter, I sure did pick a fine time to move! I don't miss snow at all.
As a
matter of fact, check out this picture - it was taken in February and, YES,
that's the beach in the background!
So my first day out to play in California and it happens to be
overcast! But still better than snow and it's a helluva lot warmer here
than there so I got no complaints. I called up my pink haired
friend
Susanna who moved out to the West Coast shortly after 9/11 (and who can blame
her) and we made plans to meet up.
She tells me of this place called Ortega aka Hwy 74. As
you can see by the aerial picture
- this is a nice twisty turny little road so we agreed to meet for breakfast at
Ortega Lookout. There were lots of bikes there and more sport bikes
than cruisers which is all good by me.
Although allegedly the views at Ortega Lookout are supposed to
be awesome, due to t
he
fog the lack visibility prevented us from seeing anything cool. We asked
one of the guys to take our picture and he wanted to know if it was ok to chop
off our heads? (Yeah, Mr Co-Dependent, you know who you are) These
California guys have a strange sense of humor. But the picture came
out great despite his idea that torso-only shots make for good viewing...
So
after breakfast and some catching up - we played on the roads
that California is famous for and I tried to remember how to corner (I guess all the drag racing has taken its
toll on my turning abilities - oops). The roads out here are sweeeeeeeeeet.
We wound up on the infamous Pacific Coast Hwy 1 and just HAD to stop and take a
picture of our bikes at the beach to send back to all of our cold fellow riders
in NY.
We got a passerby to snap a picture of us -- that's his daughter (and future
rider) in the picture! Ain't she a doll! (FYI: I'm trying to keep my
hair out of my eyes - that's not a normal pose for me!)
It was a good day, uneventful for the most part, which is always
a good thing. I think
I'm gonna like California riding. Although,
strangely, I didn't
see any other female riders - what gives? Susanna and I think there are
actually more girl riders in NY than Cali -- now how can that be?
All you southern California female sport bike riders -- drop
me an
email, let me know you're alive.
Ride Hard & Take chances every chance you get...
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