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Exploring Padre Juan Road and 101 Overpass

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Aug 142020
 

I’ve always been fas­ci­nat­ed with the Padre Juan Road over­pass on Hwy 101, six miles north of Ven­tu­ra. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a vehi­cle on it. Last week I was look­ing on Google Maps and dis­cov­ered that the Road winds up the Padre Juan Canyon, changes names once or twice then ends up near Fos­ter Park and Hwy 33 above Ven­tu­ra on the way to Ojai. So I’m think­ing “inter­est­ing bike ride”. This morn­ing I did my first recon­nais­sance only to find a locked gate a half mile off Pacif­ic Coast High­way. Oh well, still fun and inter­est­ing pok­ing around on a famil­iar but nev­er explored area.

 Posted by at 6:36 am

The Solimar Beach Colony then back Home

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Jun 062020
 

An espe­cial­ly beau­ti­ful morn­ing and won­der­ful to be out ear­ly, 5:15AM, to see the changes in the light over the next two hours and twen­ty five miles. Also inter­est­ing is the return to full site use along the Rin­con Parkway

 Posted by at 7:33 am

The Rincon Parkway RV camping reopens with a Covid-19 wary useage of only every other spot

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Jun 022020
 
 Posted by at 5:15 am

31 mile ride to Emma Wood to reach 209
miles for the month, my highest in a year

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miles for the month, my highest in a year
May 312020
 

I’ve been rid­ing ear­ly every oth­er morn­ing but find­ing after yes­ter­day’s ride that my mileage for the month was 177 miles I decid­ed to head out again this morn­ing to reach 200 miles for the month. Look­ing again I saw that if my total was 209 miles it would be my great­est in just over a year. So this morn­ing it was up and at ’em!

 Posted by at 8:05 am

Six days later back down to spot 88

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May 302020
 

Up and out ear­ly to enjoy 10 miles down to spot 88 on the Rin­con Park­way and 10 more to return home

 Posted by at 7:00 am

Interesting predawn view
out to the oil platforms

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out to the oil platforms
May 292020
 
 Posted by at 6:00 am

An early and nice 20 mile ride into SB and back

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May 262020
 

My first ride into San­ta Bar­bara in months. I was wor­ried, Covid-19 wise, about the nar­row Sum­mer­land Hill bike­way but my ear­ly tim­ing avoid­ed all oth­er rid­ers, cool.

 

 Posted by at 5:26 am

Twenty one beautiful miles down
to the Rincon Parkway and back

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to the Rincon Parkway and back
May 242020
 

Covid-19 so much is very dif­fer­ent from the norm. No park­ing any­where, parks closed, and roads closed with bar­ri­ers to dis­cour­age access to the beach. I have nev­er seen the 114 space Rin­con Park­way empty.

 Posted by at 5:00 am

My morning walk, almost to Little Dubai

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May 232020
 

Up ear­ly and down to the shore I dis­cov­er that the tide is way out so with some shal­low wad­ing I can get beyond Sand Point and head for Lit­tle Dubai, my term for the love­ly Mid­dle East­ern styled homes near Padero Beach. I chose to turn around 1/4 mile from Dubai to not over stress my mend­ing left Achilles tendon.

 Posted by at 6:00 am

I ride south for the first time
and extend my miles to 15

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and extend my miles to 15
May 222020
 
 Posted by at 5:52 am
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