2021 Pashnit Touring on a Hayabusa
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Day 3 headed back into the forest: I opted to run my route in reverse and ride any roads I had missed in the original plan
I never tire of the redwood forests. It's green, it's lush, always deserted with zero traffic, there's nobody back in these hills. This was along Browns Valley Rd.
Along Browns Valley Rd, sections of the road had collapsed into the gully alongside the road. Judging from the tree growth, this was likely 2017 when a crazy amount of rain collapsed numerous roads in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Rather than fix it, the county hasn't bothered to do that and locals simply drive around it.
I never tire of the redwood forests. It's green, it's lush, always deserted with zero traffic, there's nobody back in these hills. This was along Browns Valley Rd.
Along Browns Valley Rd, sections of the road had collapsed into the gully alongside the road. Judging from the tree growth, this was likely 2017 when a crazy amount of rain collapsed numerous roads in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Rather than fix it, the county hasn't bothered to do that and locals simply drive around it.
Up above Santa Cruz
A labyrinth of roads in the redwood forest, Even with our lack of rain this time of year, the forest is lush and intensely green withing a few miles of the ocean. I made the wrong turn not once, but twice, and had to backtrack. Most of these roads run up the range, down the range, with few connecting roads side-to-side.
To get across Highway 17, I had to hit a specific overpass into Scotts Valley, so as not having to cross this super-busy highway than transitions freeway-to-four-lane-highway-back to freeway.
A labyrinth of roads in the redwood forest, Even with our lack of rain this time of year, the forest is lush and intensely green withing a few miles of the ocean. I made the wrong turn not once, but twice, and had to backtrack. Most of these roads run up the range, down the range, with few connecting roads side-to-side.
To get across Highway 17, I had to hit a specific overpass into Scotts Valley, so as not having to cross this super-busy highway than transitions freeway-to-four-lane-highway-back to freeway.
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RAW unedited video of Highway 236 in Big Basin SP. Single lane and super fun. At the very edge of the fire zone, this is a burned area, but the forest recovers very quickly from the 2017 fire.
The 2017 lightning fire in Big Basin SP was the first time the park experienced a major fire since 1904. Long time. Fire caused est. $186M damage to infrastructure in the park. The visitor center burned down, which I've taken groups to many times. So much damage to infrastructure, it should be closed at least another year till 2022 while they fix stuff & rebuild the buildings.
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Retracing portions of my original route took me back to Kings Mountain Rd
Will I ever tire of taking picture of this bike? Not likely.
Last shot of this ride, as I pulled onto the freeway for that final 100 miles home, I roll up on this. I thought I was looking at some sort of concept car with that goofy paint, but no. This is a $77000 all-electric all-new car known as the Lucia Air to compete against Tesla. Tesla's are super-common here in CA. They are supposed to make 20,000 of these in their first major production run in 2022. The more you know.
Will I ever tire of taking picture of this bike? Not likely.
Last shot of this ride, as I pulled onto the freeway for that final 100 miles home, I roll up on this. I thought I was looking at some sort of concept car with that goofy paint, but no. This is a $77000 all-electric all-new car known as the Lucia Air to compete against Tesla. Tesla's are super-common here in CA. They are supposed to make 20,000 of these in their first major production run in 2022. The more you know.
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