# 28 is run and done! 245 miles/ 394kms of fun!
The weather dorks predicted 100°f/38°c and humid, I hate humid, so I made a plan.i had been itching for a longer ride and decided to beat the heat. After checking several places to go, I decided on Julian. A mountian tourist town in San Diego county, around 97 miles/ 156 km away and supposed to be cooler than the triple digit stuff at home. I beckoned Eeyore and after gas and air check hit the road about 10:45 and it was already 91°f/33°c........but that didn't last long! As I was passing through Elsinore on the freewy (only 20 mi/32kms) from home it hit 100° f/38°c and stayes that way, so much for beating the heat! When I crossed the San Diego county line by Warner Springs Airport, my dash said 103°f/39.3°c and stayed that way for at least 40 miles or so. I had survived the trip through the Temecula wine country without incident, always have to be on the look out for the wine "tasters", but only saw a butt load of travel trailers, lucky me! I stopped by the Warner Springs Airport because there was a shade tree to rest undr and clicked a couple of pics. There is so much dry grass and the fire danger was super high, a bed wetter's dream. Thank God we haven't had very many fires this year.
Anyhoo back on the road to Julian and the temps started to get better. By the time I arrived it was a chilly 90°f/32°c, it was like heaven! I stopped and got a nice cold peach iced tea, for only $6.00, slurpped down 2 of them and took a couple of pics, then hit the road again. Julian is pretty far inland and I had the wild idea to go to the coast in Oceanside for a new experience. This took me past Lake Henshaw and some neet new to me riding.
All in all I think I passed at least 2 Indian Casinos AND 3 California Missions, I didn't stop at any of them though.
So into Oceanside and north on the superslab past Camp Pendleton Marine base, then into Dana Point. From there I picked up Hwy 74 (Ortega Hwy) and headed for home. So far it was a perfectly awesome ride, then going down into Elsinore from my " happy place" it got ugly. There was a fire in the hills behind where I live that started the day before and there was SO much smoke I could not see the hills across Lake Elsinore from the look out! It was actually burning my eyes as I rode towards home!
So the wife had texted me to go to my daughters house for dinner, pigged out on burgers, then off to home.
Except for the fire it was a GREAT day on the bike.
Pics and stats.
Start. 91°f/33°c
Hottest. 103°f/39,4°c
Julian. 90°f/32°c
Coldest. 74°f/23°c on the coast
Home. 81°f/27°c
Total distance. 245 miles/394kms