The Sierra option means either a drive or a hot slog across the valley. OTH, once there, the altitude means cooler temps. Mike is correct about the temps around Paso Robles / Templeton / Atascadero area being hot. There is a serious range of hills east of SLO that makes that valley a lot warmer than the coast. San Simeon / Cayucos / Moro Bay can be considerably cooler.
As Manny pointed out, the date is the key, then we worry about the destination. And once I'm north of LA, I'll spend longer than a weekend. dougP On Friday, June 7, 2013 12:44:06 PM UTC-7, Anne Paulson wrote: > > I like the idea of access by train or bike. People both from the Bay > Area and from the LA area can ride to SLO, but riding through the > Central Valley in July is not at all appealing. > > On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 12:38 PM, Mike Schiller > <mikey...@rocketmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > Hugh, The road from Shaver to Huntington has a lot more traffic. The > best > > roads are up to Kaiser Pass and then to either Edison lake or Florence > lake. > > Even though it's only ~27 miles one way to each, there is a lot of > climbing > > and the downhills are slow due to the narrow winding roads. > > > > I don't know if the consensus is day rides from a base camp or an > overnight > > to one of the lakes? A round-trip to one of the lakes would be like 50+ > > miles and 5000+' of climbing. Obviously the s24o would be 1/2 of that. > There > > is a nice cafe and store at Edison near the campground and showers. > There is > > also a day 3 option to go around Kaiser Peak and stay at a more > primitive > > campsite off of Stump springs rd. > > > > This is one of the rare places you can ride deep into the Sierras on > your > > bike but you have to work for it. > > > > SLO would be a lot gentler riding and access by train. > > > > .... also that weekend works good for me. > > > > > > ~mike > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > > email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to > > rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:>. > > > Visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > > > -- > -- Anne Paulson > > My hovercraft is full of eels > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
