Great story, Doug - and great ride. That's lovely terrain up there.
On Jul 6, 12:32 pm, doug peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote:
> Spent the weekend in San Luis Obispo helping my Cal Poly student
> daughter set up a new apartment. While wife & daughter were busy
> shopping for all the basics (and then some), on Saturday I snuck away
> for a great ride on seriously mixed surfaces. From Monterey and 101,
> I took 101 north (yes, it's legal at that point) to Stagecoach Rd,
> easily found by the green bike route sign directing you to a tunnel
> under the freeway. Stageocoach is aptly named, following the old
> route up Cuesta Grade on the opposite side of the canyon from 101.
> Beautiful climb thru oak trees. Several parked cars at the bottom but
> only saw one cyclist (coming down) on the climb. At the top of Cuesta
> Grade, the route is paved but it's falling apart and so discourages
> motor vehicles. It continues to climb to a ridgeline, then rolls out
> west. 3 miles from Cuesta is the TV tower facility and it's got every
> type of antenna there is. The several maps I consulted did not agree
> what happened at the other end of the ridgeline but some hikers said
> they'd heard it was possible to get to Hwy 41 (connects Atascadero and
> Morro Bay). Since it was still early and I had plenty of food and
> water, it only seemed sensible to keep heading west. After that, a
> pickup truck with 3 MTBs in back passed me (what's wrong with that
> picture?) but I didn't see anyone else for a long while. The road is
> paved but not maintained, and follows the natural terrain so lots of
> short, steep climbs & descents keep the speed down. After a couple of
> hours I came to a second set of antennas and the pavement definitely
> ended as the road narrowed. It was mostly descending so it seemed to
> be heading the right way. Coming around one corner I came upon a huge
> rock slide blocking the road. Boulders the size of big chairs
> dictated careful portage over about 100'. Shortly after that I came
> to a trail branching off to the right (north) that was marked by the
> Forest Service. Just then a mountain biker appeared and asked how the
> heck I got there ON THAT (referring to my Atlantis!). Silly question,
> same way he got there, turning the pedals. When I told him my route
> and where I was going, he changed his tune and was amazed at the
> notion of riding your bike to & from the trailhead. Some people are
> easily impressed. Anyway, he was helpful in giving me directions off
> the mountain (several options at this point) and down to Alto Cerro
> campground. At that point, I was on Hwy 41 and had covered 18 miles
> from start. 41 west to Morro Bay, then 1 south back to SLO gave a
> total for the day of 42 miles in about 6 hours. Altogther a fun ride
> and much better than shopping for shelf paper.
>
> dougP
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