i've mentioned that this part of the bike path creeped me out during cool breeze... i was not pleased we were riding it for 2 harbors! lol! but i had my night in shining armour.... uhm... errrrrr... night in lycra... to protect me! the pics don't show how creepy it really looks!







once past that part... the rest of the path/paths were gorgeous! some shading.... nice trees.... wide paths... not too many people (and a dirt path along a good portion of it for the people with dogs! and i still said "HI PUPPY!" to all the dogs!)

i decided this club was run by hobbits! lol! the next rest stop was labled lunch stop 1! (then there was a lunch stop 2! so 1st and 2nd lunch... like a hobbit! tee hee!) anyways... the next rest stop was in a nice park.... stayed long enough to grab some grub to stuff in my bag to eat on the road! after some more pretty bike path riding... we were back on the road.... at this point... we lost the 2nd arrow (metric riders) and they were lucky enough to miss the climb by castaic lake! it was pretty though! and not too hot!







hubby got the camera from me... and rode ahead a bit to the rest stop at the top to snap a couple of pics of me climbing up!





this is somewhere along the way... after the top of castaic climb....



we rode through/past rincon... and some other pretty areas.... the 2nd lunch stop was also in a nice park... at that point i realized that we were making a 25 mile loop and coming back to that same part... for another 2nd lunch! lol! we had a sandwich... stayed a bit too long cuz my legs were screaming when i got back on the bike.... headed toward santa barbara... there was a rider.. yes... one of "us".... the ambulance and fire truck and cops were already there helping him! (apparently he broke a leg)....

the next part of the ride after climbing around a bit in summerland (spelling?) was in residential santa barbara... stop signs every few feet.... (we did pass a house with a wedding going on... well.. the after or before if it.. not the ceremony... the groomsmen and bride were out there and i yelled "congratulations!") LOTS of stop lights in downtown santa barbara.... this was NOT going to be a fast century by ANY means! but it was very pretty! and fun having hubby riding along! then it was time to hit the beach bike trails again... more slow going... but very pretty!

part 3 in next post.....