So if you have been to LA, you know that there are a lot of people and obviously a lot of cars. What you may not know is that it has a pretty poor bike system. Very few bike lanes to speak of and only a few actually bike paths that by no means circumnavigate the city. So you can imagine trying to bike across it. Well, that is all we can do too. After much consideration and a little dose of reality we decided not to bike across the city. Instead we biked into downtown L.A. and hoped on a train. Still was 26 miles of LA biking but much safer and actually kind of fun to walk thru Union Station with our loaded bikes.
Want to give a shout out to Coco Conn who is the first person to make a comment on our blog, who we did not know before leaving on the trip and of all the people we have talked to, she was on her bike, I only told her the name, she talked with us for a couple of blocks, and boom she goes and checks out the blog. Love It, thanks Coco Conn.
Also want to say to Sarah Hoffman, who was our Sponsor yesterday, today and the next couple days. We are going to properly introduce you to the world tomorrow. You are a GREAT sponsor and we will give you your due.
Night All, its into the desert tomorrow for us.
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For some reason, when I read that last line your wrote... I totally pictured you and Joe diving into some big chocolatey DESSERT! And then I realized you actually wrote - desert - like with cacti and stuff. ha!
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Good call avoiding the nightmare that is the endless valley of Los Angeles. No angel in existence could protect you across that god forsaken expanse of concrete!
ReplyDeleteSo best of luck today. I hope the desert rewards you with all the beauty of late winter. It is an amazing place and biking through it is one of the best ways to see it.
Brian mentioned that he wished he could have a field guide for the plants and animals you will see on your trip. I don't know if anything comparable exists for other things, but there is the iBird application for the iPhone. Visual and audio identification of north american birds! I know, I know. It's nerdy. But I bet you rack up a hell of a list with some help!
Thanks for the shout! You're right about the bike culture here in LA.. but there's lots of bike action brewing below the radar here. I live on Broadway and often see 'late night bike rides' snaking by below. You can hear them a block away before they appear, whooping and hollering. We see more bikes downtown every day with great bike shops like Bicycle Kitchen, where they taught me how to tune up my bike. Cheers and keep cozy!
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PS. You might want to print out some cards to hand out with your blog address on it... for those of us lucky enough to catch you streaking by. A grand journey gathers many friends and best wishes.