Santa Paula Ride

January 19, 2003

We were starting the ride this morning at Norms for breakfast. As Karen and I left our house, it was sunny and looked like it was going to be great weather. By the time we turned onto the 91 westbound from the 5, the fog go so thick we could see a quarter mile if we were lucky. By the time we got to Norms, our nice clean bikes were dripping with mist and had to be wiped down before we could eat. We met Nitro and Gimpy for breakfast and Gray and Lowrider showed up for the ride to meet the Santa Clarita Chapter. After introductions and catching up on the local gossip, 17 of us headed toward Santa Paula. A brief stop for gas and we headed north to Ojai. We lost 4 riders here that had to be back a little earlier, but 13 of us headed on to Santa Barbara for a somewhat unusual meal at a place called The Brew House. I can’t say the service was the greatest, but the food was good and the place was biker friendly. After lunch we headed south to Ventura for another fill up and bathroom break. We said our goodbyes to the Santa Clarita chapter members and split up as we headed south and they went east. We cruised down along the coast for a rather brisk but beautiful ride along the beach stopping for a short coffee break and warm up in Malibu. From here we headed south again as we split off and went on our separate ways home. It was another great sunny riding day in Southern California. If only all places could be like this. See you on the byways…….