Garry and I decided to ride the dirt road to the top of Mt. Lemon.

The road begins out of the town of Oracle and the first few miles of the 25 mile trail goes through quite a bit of ranch land.

This was only the second time we have ridden together. Yesterday was the first.

We are like the story of the tortoise and the hare......he keeps passing me!

He is a very steady rider and kept the shiny side up the whole ride......unlike someone else in the group.

A lot of drainage along the route, some even had a little water in them. 

There he is blowing past me again!!!

It's beautiful country back here....

..........nothing at all like the front side of the mountain.

We're taking those switch backs all the way to the top.

His Super Tenere is a very nice bike!

It even handled the rocky parts.

I tried to take a picture of that fence post but guess who had to photo bomb my shot!

Yes, Sherm, it's very healthy

Not so much. :)

Riding up the north face we encountered several section with snow and ice. Not being too adventurous, I didn't stop to take pics there. Here I could keep solid footing.

There are a lot of rock formations, hoodoos etc. riding down the front side on the paved road.

These next few pics are from Garry's camera.

He was capturing a very skilled rider!

Yes, very skilled!!!

That's All Folks. (At least for this ride)

They won't let him join in any of the cow games.

Tony D made it to Neverland

and the front gate of the lavender farm

I gave him the whole story of the place........he looks impressed!

He's doing it again

Don bought a new pair of short shorts. On him they look like long pants.

Sherm and this old Crocker are the same age. I was going to say that the bike has aged better, but wouldn't you know it, the old man just combed his hair and don't look too bad in this pic.

I'm just going to post pics of these bikes without captions unless it is a standout bike.

as seen on TV

Virgil has declined a $1,500,000 offer from Honda on this bike.

Also worth over $1,000,000

The back room isn't kept as neat as the main museum

This is Virgil. He owns the place.

Tony and I took a lot of dead ends today........but they were cool while they lasted.

On this road........

I caught him going ...........

................and coming.

A man that knows how to relax

I learned from this guy

We were going to eat at the Cold Springs Tavern but they had given our table away. 

Tony is standing next to Don VSP's house. (very short person)

Riding another dead end but very cool road we came across this rain water collection cistern.

I didn't figure out what it was until I climbed on top and noticed the concave roof.

A view of the town of Goleta, the ocean and the top of the Channel Islands.

Tony pointing out his girlfriends neighborhood.

The end of the trail and another mandatory turn around.

I'm not sure what kind of tree this is but I like the red bark.

We stopped for a bowl of clam chowder at this beach side restaurant.

The view was a ten, the chowder a five.

After lunch, Tony went to visit the doctor so I headed back to the ranch.

It takes real talent to find three dead end roads in one day.

I rode this one 20 miles before I was forced to turn around.

The views were incredible

The road was a fun ride even if it was filled with potholes.

I'll take seeing this over viewing Hillary and Donald any day!