BusaGringo, I live in South Orange County. It's about a 2 hour ride to Palomar Mtn. But since it's mostly twisty, I don't mind going up there every Sunday. I was lucky enough that the owner/photographer of the website SoCalRiders just happened to be there when I was there and we struck up a conversation about bikes & roads(what else!). You ride up to Palomar?