Gallery - Grand Tour Highland Double - 198 miles, 10,600', 13:30 riding time

Gallery - Grand Tour Highland Double - 198 miles, 10,600', 13:30 riding time
06/25/11

the route - well known from many rides now

photo map - this is the coolest iPhone feature!

misty Malibu morning

glimpsed in the Malibu gym window

PCH

and as seen in the mirror

Route 1 stretches to the horizon

marshes before the climb

into Portrero Canyon

yikes getting steep here

wow

okay this is not fair

climbing backside into Hidden Valley

Hidden Valley is amazing

Westlake Village (yay!)

descending into Moorpark

brief detour into Simi Valley

not pictured: headwind :(

in Moorpark Peach Hill

descending Grimes Canyon!

powering through the citrus

crossing the bridge to Santa Paula

climbing up into Ojai Valley

yay, made it; and this store had icy cokes

flatland above Ojai

...into the Ojai Valley

tired but doing okay; 120 miles down, 80 to go

lots of expensive hardware

and out toward Lake Casitas

looks 'cool' :)

climbing around the Lake

beautiful view of Lake Casitas is always worthwhile

blasting down into Carpinteria

crossing the 101

and then onto the freeway we go

I never like this part, squeezed between traffic and the ocean

Rincon Beach is beautiful

old PCH with the sun setting

marshland near Ventura

powering into Oxnard with a tailwind

Channel Islands Harbor

last checkpoint! - almost time for tacos :)