by "Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)" (rduncan5678)
Published 12/03/2017 at 20:06
by "Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)" (rduncan5678)
Published 12/03/2017 at 20:06
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I’ve finally gotten around to doing some hiking for the first time since I arrived in LA about 3 weeks ago. This particular trail was only a 15 minute drive from home and had some spectacular views for how little I had to travel to get there. I hiked up on the Temescal Ridge Fire Road, to Hub Junction, and on to Eagle Peak. This is in the Santa Monica mountains in the Topanga State Park. Very beautiful “winter” day of 65 degrees and mostly sunny.
It was crowded on the peak, but thankfully I found a nice empty peak next door that had the same views but nobody on it! Plus I got to take in the view of the peak itself anyways. Otherwise the trail was empty. Just a few passing mountain bikes and the occasional hiker here or there. It was a relatively easy 8 mile round trip hike with some shady sections and just a few hilly sections.
I was also enjoying the Subaru some more since the Miata is down until the tires arrive and I get them installed along with the alignment fixed. But I won’t be complaining, the STi is plenty of fun!
"His Stigness" (HisStigness)
12/03/2017 at 22:40, STARS: 0
Have you driven up Yerba Buena yet? You access it through Deer Creek Rd just after (or before, it’s been a while) Neptune’s Net on the 1. If you ever want to push your car that’s the road to do it. It’s a ton of tight, slow corners. You can never speeds because the road never gets straight, it’s flipping awesome. It’s almost always deserted because it’s not a straight shot like the other roads that connect the 1 with the 101. But you do need to go after about 10 or 11 to avoid any cyclists; it’s super narrow and it’s popular with cyclists who are nuts (like myself).
I absolutely love it.
"Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)" (rduncan5678)
12/03/2017 at 22:59, STARS: 0
Ahh yeah that’s one I haven’t done yet. Funny I actually planned on taking it on Thursday on the way home but that was when I found out about the tires and was unwilling to do a Canyon run with knowledge of my tires being that bad. I had driven the Miata into work that day so it was a white knuckle ride home knowing my tires could explode at any moment. I’m sure some people could ignore it and say if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. But I couldn’t.
I have driven the road before in rentals though which is why I knew I needed to ride it again in my own cars. I’ve also wanted to do it with some daylight the first time but that’s hard to find time to get out there since like you said, it doesn’t really go anywhere. I like the hikes off of there out of circle X Ranch so it’s a good combo to go there for driving and hiking at some point.
"His Stigness" (HisStigness)
12/03/2017 at 23:15, STARS: 0
I’m totally with you on the tires. I was sort of fine with tiny patches of the aramid fibres showing through on my Michelin’s after I melted them at autocross, but have an entire ring of cord showing on tires is a big nope for me.
I don’t ever go hiking since I’ve never been able to do, I have to stick to bikes, but it would be cool to try now that I have a new hip. And it would be nice to have an excuse to drive the road again without having to go to LA.