Re: Digest for ran-@topica.com, issue 1657

[Booth Hartley]

Patrick,

I have copies of the 1993 and 1995 route slips from the Great California
Land Rush. I'd be glad to mail them if you supply your snail mail
address. But I don't think that the northern half is any good for an
unsupported ride: there are about 90 miles with no services down
highway 25 from Paicines until you come out near San Miguel. From there
to the south the route is pretty standard: Paso Robles, Atascadero,
Santa Margarita, over the hill on the freeway to San Luis Obispo, Price
Canyon, Arroyo Grande, Santa Maria, Los Alamos, Buellton, Gaviota, and
the regular route thru Santa Barbara, Ventura, Port Hueneme, and highway
1 into Santa Monica.

Booth Hartley

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> Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 10:45:01 -0700
> From: Patrick Shea <pbp...@gmail.com>
> Subject: SF-LA route info needed
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> Greetings:
> I'm planning a ride from San Francisco to the suburbs of Los Angeles for
> Thanskgiving week. Does anyone know of a good route that does not involve
> riding down the coast? I'd like to avoid Big Sur, if possible. I've looked
> on some maps and have an idea or two but I need info on stores and water
> stops, etc. Does anyone happen to have an old route sheet from the
> now-defunct California Gold Rush rides from years back?
> Cheers,
> Patrick Shea