glw

The 2006 Southern California Rebel Ride is next Saturday.
We will leave Simi Valley at 9:00 a.m. from the Chevron station at the corner of Erringer and Cochran. (use the Erringer exit from the 11

We expect to get to Santa Barbara about noon and will pick up a couple more riders. Our meeting point will be the Carl's Jr. at 3925 State Street. We will refuel nearby.

Then it's on to Solvang.

It will probably be very warm so bring water.
Also bring and use sunscreen. Don't forget the back of your hands. But do not put it on your forehead unless you know it will not run into your eyes.

At Solvang we will have some Danish and sightseeing. Probably we will break up for the trip home. I'm going to retrace the route; others may take the freeway.

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jeff schenkel

excellent, gary.

thanks again for all the hard work.

looking forward to next saturday.

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glw

Well the 2006 Southern California Rebel Ride went off without a hitch. Some of the riders who were going to join us were unable to for various reasons from cold, minor accident and unexpectedly out of town. But we had a great ride.

Our first stop was in Ventura. Just a little time to stretch. You can't see it in the background but that is the ocean. That's Nubiker's 250 on the left. A gorgeous orange that just doesn't show well in the photos.


We then rode on through Ventura and crossed the Ventura River. This shot was from my previous trip checking the route.


From there we rode past Lake Casitas. A rider on a BMW stopped at the same time and was gracious to volunteer to take a pictutre of the whole group.


We saw a helicopter parked down the road and wondered why. There was a fire station there. It was probably search abd rescue.


We rode on to Santa Barbara and passed a Nighthawk for sale. Dragonrider joined us for lunch at Carl's Jr. and took a picture of the group afterwards. This is the best picture of Nubiker's orange Rebel.

Note that Jeff has a few bad habits. No face shield and no jacket. (Rebecca hadn't put hers on yet.)

We said goodbye to Nubiker and Dragonrider and continued on our way.
After leaving Santa Barbara we went up the San Marcos Pass. We took a detour on Stagecoach Rd. passing the Cold Creek Tavern and going under this bridge. If we had stayed on the main road we would have been on the bridge. At the time it was built this was one of the longest steel arch bridges in the U.S. Before it was built, the road to the right was the raod through the pass.


From there on to Solvang it was hot like a blast furnace.

Great ride even with the heat.

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GearJammer

Great pics, Gary! Glad to hear that Y'all had a safe & enjoyable run........

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