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02/11/2006: "Warm weather, new friends, old roads"

Well, It's been a while since I went out and carved it up. I had to spend the later half of the work week in Kelowna, BC. The high temps were in the low to mid 40s. Considering the lows here have been in the high 40s lately, I was anxious to come home to a weekend, with warm weather and free time to ride.

I was thinking about joining some riders on other rides, but by the time I could get my butt out of bed and ready to roll, many of them were already out on their adventures. So, I decided to just take a ride in my stomping grounds, the Santa Monica Mtns.

I figured that I would carve my way up Mulholland Hwy to the Rock Store, get some beakfast . . and then see if I knew anyone that wanted to do some more carving after I ate.



After eating a fabulous breakfast (maybe too much food) I hung out for a bit and saw a guy riding in on a bronze Kawi 636, just like the one I had the chance to ride at the MotoGP (thanks Steve). We started talking about the bike and riding. We decided to ride up to the Overlook and then decide what to do from there.



We chilled at the Overlook for a bit and I got my first picture WITH the bike (can be believe it took this long). Too bad it wasn't an action shot, but this will have to do for now:



Since I hadn't done Latigo Cyn in a while, we decided to head there. Jesse was in good form and eventually passed me at some point on the way down. That 636 is a scapel and Latigo Cyn is tight. Once we got to the bottom, where Latigo meets PCH, we rode right back up.





We decided to head back to the Rock Store for something to drink (it was quite warm out . . probably 80 degrees or more). We chilled there for a bit. I saw some old friends and met some new ones. It was a good day, I'm looking forward to riding with Jesse again.