Edwin rides a bike

Route: link
Miles: 29 miles

Recap:
Today was a really impromptu ride. I woke up at 9 am and looked online to see the recaps of the ride I missed out on last night (I decided to drive back to Yorba Linda to ride with Katherine instead). I saw that some of the guys were actually going for a ride then, so I grabbed my bag and made my way to the Starbucks.

Only four of us showed up since it was so impromptu. It was a really nice day. Winter days are great. The sun is shining, but the heat isn't overwhelming. We decided to head over to Brea via Brea Canyon Road. Brea Canyon is the street that parallels the 57 freeway through the hills. It was a really fun stretch. One huge hill to get to the road, then it was pretty much downhill from there. A two-lane road with a few cars going. I haven't been honked at by so many impatient drivers in so long.

We rolled into Brea safe and sound. We decided to keep riding and go to Downtown Disney, but around Harbor and Commonwealth we opted to go to Bryan's place since his mom was making food. 13 more miles though, in Lakewood. We took La Palma all the way down. La Palma's a good, flat street throughout. Lots of traffic though.

So we did La Palma for a while. It was pretty cool seeing Supreme Scream at Knott's from afar, then finally riding right next to Knott's a while later. I was pretty good at keeping up for most of the ride since I didn't have to deal with hills, but by the end my legs were sore. We got to Bryan's and his mom had made a great meal. Had me some ham, barbecued beef, rice, clam chowder...great meal. It was then that we chose not to ride back. That would have been way too epic for an impromptu ride. Bryan's girlfriend drove us back to Rowland Heights. Four full-grown men crammed in a back-seat full of bike-stank...SUCKED. But better than riding back, I guess.