Beautiful Day to Ride!

Woke up to a chilly house and the promise of a great sunny winter's day in California.  My friend Cheryl met me at 8am and we hit the rode about 8:30.  We took Carson to Studebaker and enjoyed the scenic tree lined parks on the way.  We quickly made headway onto Westminster and rode past the navel station.  The weather was perfect!  We could see all the mountains surrounding Long Beach and the skies were bluer than blue with strokes of white clouds in the distance.  We took Edwards St., recommended by Brent,  for its "big ass hill".  As we came into view of the steep hill, Cheryl shouts from behind me, "Let's go around it!" LOL.  I must admit, it looked intimidating, but we made it over the 7% graded hill.  At the top we could see the HB ocean, and Palos Verdes in the distance with very clear visibility.  I was soo excited to be back on the bike and impressed by Cheryl's ability to keep up a comfortable average pace of 14 to 15 mph.  We took PCH north and turned right on Clark to the end and finished 34 mi in 2.5 hours.  There's nothing like a good ride on a beautiful day to end the weekend.  I was extremely giddy and euphoric all day.  Tonight, I look forward to sound sleep and the possibility  of a quick ride before work, tomorrow.

see it on map my ride