Sunday in the mountains

"Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)" (rduncan5678)
10/28/2019 at 09:51 • Filed to: None

Yesterday I took the miata out on a drive for a short bit of adventure. I didn’t wake up until after 10am due to being out until after 2am the night before. So it was a late start to the day with me not getting on the road until about 1pm. Since the Angeles Crest Highway (ACH) had been mostly closed since February and had just recently opened that week, I figured it was time to drive there. My goal was to make it out to Mt Waterman and hike up for the disc golf course. I had seen this course the last time I hiked there a few years ago so I figured it was worth checking out. I think they run a ski lift up there on weekends in the summer but it was not running and nobody was around this Sunday.

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After a nice 2 mile hike and 1500 foot elevation gain, I had reached the disc golf course at around 8000 feet of elevation. It was just before 1600 so I only had a couple hours of daylight to explore the area and play the course all by myself. I did not see a soul so it was a perfect place to be. Course was a bit difficult to follow since it wasn’t marked but thankfully the map I saved ahead of time got me through it. Plus it was a beautiful area and the mountainous terrain allowed for a challenging and interesting course.

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I ended up only playing half the course and since I had entirely given up on finding one of the tees, I played only 8 holes. I’ll have to go back with more daylight and play all 18. I made it back down to the car at about 1730 and then took a whole bunch of photos of the miata since the mountains are always a good spot for that.

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After some photos, I got on the road heading back towards home. This direction the road was all downhill so I was at much less of a power disadvantage. Plus nobody was on the road anymore so it was nice to open it up and enjoy the road as the sun was setting in the distance. Eventually I entered a cloud layer that had moved in leading to limited sight distance and a bit of a misty atmosphere. Had to slow down a bit for that weather but I also stopped at the mt Wilson access road for some more photos with this new lighting.

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Great short day in the mountains and definitely have to make it a point to go back soon before the snow starts flying. They don’t get a whole lot of snow there at least so winter is often a very nice time to explore the area. It was in the 5 0s and sunny this day so it was just about perfect mountain weather. Now I’m off to Chica go for work for a couple of days, gotta try that casserole pizza they are known for while in town I guess. Never been to the windy city so something new at least.

DISCUSSION (8)

Maxima Speed > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
10/28/2019 at 10:01

Mountain drive in an open top car and disc golf. You can’t get a much better day than that. BTW you ever use the Eagle? I have one I found and lived it but just bought a brand new one and I’m really loving it.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Maxima Speed
10/28/2019 at 10:12

There are SO many discs out there. I only have a small collection of about 10 discs and since I had to hike to this course, I only brought 4 to lighten the load. I quite like my archangel, that seems to be my favorite disc right now. I also have an enforcer that flies quite nicely.

And yup, definitely the right car for the day. Many car groups out that I saw heading out when I was on my way up. I chased down a wrx at some point but reached my destination before I could meet up and express my subaru fanboyness. Also had to remember that I have a coolant leak so driving in full race car mode is not the most smart thing to do.

mXxxxXm24 /O/ /O/ > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
10/28/2019 at 13:32

Uh oh. Coolant leak for you too? My car who seems to just hate being a functioning car, recently started leaking from water pump . Only 40k on current water pump.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > mXxxxXm24 /O/ /O/
10/28/2019 at 14:50

It's my heater core most likely. New radiator seems to be breaking everything that's old lol. Probably has 250k on it. But I gotta check my records, it might be newer. Either way those are notorious for leaking so it's a likely but annoying culprit.

mXxxxXm24 /O/ /O/ > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
10/28/2019 at 15:28

Got ya. Very e asy to bypass if need be, but difficult to replace from what I’ve heard.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > mXxxxXm24 /O/ /O/
10/28/2019 at 16:16

Yeah method one is remove the whole dash board and pop it out. Method two is to contortion myself under the dash and pry it out. Either one kinda sucks but I am going to give method two a try at some point. One could say that because I live in LA that I dont need heat. But even in the summer it gets cold at night because of the dry weather. I dont necessarily run the heat often but just having it set to OFF but the temp set to red, it will generate plenty enough heat. I dont ever put the top up for temperature though in general. Even if it were 30-40 degrees out, the heat cranking is plenty with the heat going. Not that it ever gets that cold here lol.

mXxxxXm24 /O/ /O/ > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
10/28/2019 at 18:02

Must be nice haha. Yeah I mean just b ypass it and wear a jacket lol. And a hat if you insist on top down haha

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > mXxxxXm24 /O/ /O/
10/28/2019 at 18:26

The top can go up?