Cycling this week - 07-30-2012

On Saturday, Irit and I rode up through Monrovia and Arcadia.  She got the opportunity to tackle some challenging hills just north of Foothill Blvd. for the first time.  She powered up those hills with determination, despite the fact that I was harassing her, (sorry babe, you did great).  On the way back we stopped at Arcadia park and watched the squirrels try and convince us to feed them.  We rode 18 miles.

On Sunday Rich, Nabeel and I rode up to Mt. Wilson and back from my house.  We got an early start (for us) 7:30, which turned out to be good, because it got pretty warm as the day went on.  We reached the top at about 11:40.  After some great sandwiches at the Cosmic Cafe, and some picture taking, we headed on down the mountain.  We were reaching speeds of just over 40 miles per hour, which is a far cry from our average speed of 10 miles per hour going up.  We rode 66 miles.

Here is Nabeel and Rich at the start of the climb near Foothill Blvd - 19 miles to Mt. Wilson.

Sign at the start of the climb - down by Foothill Blvd.

Random road sign.

View from the road about halfway up - Looking Northwest.

Nabeel at the ranger station where Angeles Forest road intersects with Angeles Crest Hwy. - about 10 miles up.

Me at the ranger station.

The sign at the entrance to Mt. Wilson, ahhh what a feeling, finally at the top.

A view from the top - looking Southeast.

Nabeel at the top just before lunch 

Rich and I in the lower parking lot, the view behind us is to the Southwest

Rich and Nabeel