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Flash Flood Warning Issued By The National Weather Service Affecting La Salle, TX

The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a flash flood warning for La Salle, TX starting on 9/10/2018 2:09:00 AM. NWS estimates this event is ‘likely’ to happen and the event is categorized as ‘severe.’ (more…)

Ride Report – Santa Monica Mountains. PCH > Encinal > Stunt

50.3 miles, 4:05 moving time, 5,614 ft elevation, 30 Strava trophies. On a Hot summer day, we rode out to Malibu Bluff Park, across the street from Pepperdine University and went climbing in the Santa Monica Mountains. We started off on a misty morning, and rode west on Pacific Coast Highway (PCH). We turned up Encinal Canyon for a stimulating 4 mile ascent. I was sweating buckets; it was misty,…

Mulholland Hwy – Ride Report

50 miles, 3:57 moving time, 5,896 ft elevation. It’s a beautiful sunny fall day in Southern California. So, the Club drove out to Pepperdine and started a hilly day in the Santa Monica Mountain. We rode along the beach on Pacific Coast Hwy (PCH). We turn up into the Santa Monica Mtns at Encinal Canyon. We road along Mulholland Hwy. We picked up water at Rock Store, a old dude biker stop. Then,…

With a heat wave across SoCal, PTC headed out to the beach to escape the heat. But that clearly didn’t work. And with Santa Clarita fire still raging, we were dealing with the smoke and ash was in the air too.

Phil, Lura, Jonathan, Michel, Lynda, Ryan, Gregg, Mike, Henry, Bob, and Joe.

We started from Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) at Pepperdine University, at the end of Malibu Canyon. We rode north along PCH to Encinal and went up up up. Gregg took off to meet his wife in Carpenteria. We rode across Mulholland Hwy toward Rock Store. Along the gigantic rollers, we were bombing down the hills. I got spooked by a big white Escalade that was shooting past a garbage truck and shot right by my left ear. Man, that was close. I was down in my aero bars and cruising at 35-40 mph, hanging on tight and thanking my lucky stars. We got to Rock Store and met up with the A Group, who were refueled and ready to go. We bought lots of water and Gatorade, but it barely got us to Stunt Canyon. Lynda was suffering a lot today. At the top, my Garmin computer read 101F. Gawk! There was a water fountain at one of the driveways at the last stretch up Stunt. A modern oasis! We refilled, and then started dumping bottled down our backs! Refreshing! The descent down Piuma is one of my very favorites. There were weird hot blasts of air every once in a while. We finished up back along Malibu Canyon, through the tunnel, and with escorts of lot of traffic. Hot Day. Lot of BASE Salt and water!

Zuma Beach in Malibu

Encinal Canyon Rd.

Climb up from the beach

Mulholland Hwy

Above Rock Store

Phil, Michel, Ryan, Jonathan

Refuel at the biker stop: Rock Store

Stunt Canyon. 100+F. Water fountain and dunking.