Angeles

Another early Saturday morning as I meet up with a gixxer and a 'busa to ride up in the Angeles National Forest. We avoid the ever-popular Angeles Crest Highway and opt for Big Tujunga past the mountains and into the high desert. Some very diverse scenery flies past as both the Duc and I are very happy that the temperature has finally dropped from the triple digits we've been seeing since Labor Day. The fast sweepers in Tujunga give way to sage and cactus dotted straights in the desert, followed by some really fun twists. We stop at the "postoffice" in the middle of nowhere and continue on for brunch up in Wrightwood. It's a small town that I've never visited and the country store/cafe we stop at is nice and homey.

With full stomachs we bid adieu to one riding partner who heads back to Fort Irwin, and head back the way we came. My gas light comes on at the bottom of Tujunga (excellent timing) so the group says goodbye for today. I gas up and slab it home, thankfully making it back before the hottest part of the day.

Time: 7 hours
Miles: 200 (a new one-day record!)