I started off at about 8:30 this morning for a slow ride down the 101 and then the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) Route 1.
Some excellent views along the way. Once I reached Malibu it got a bit more real : the total devastation from the recent fires was so shocking. So many properties totally gutted, so many cars, some still in their garages just burnout rusted wrecks.
Apparently they only opened the PCH last week. There were police, fire department and even National Guard everywhere. Such a sad view.
After that it was the battle into LA : one feels so vulnerable on a motorcycle amongst so much traffic and big trucks on a 7 lane road (that's just one side - 14 lanes in total ).
Finally arrived at my final destination, early as usual, and as I guessed the room would not be ready for about 4 hours….. so what to do? I know, let's ride over to Schumachers and check the bike in instead of rushing around on Monday morning.
I rode over and unpacked the bags and panniers in the cool of the warehouse…. a bit of a rush but all sorted now. Caught a Yellow Cab back to the Motel with just my backpack and yellow carry-on bag. Now 1:30pm and the room still not ready - so here I sit in the cool of the lobby tapping away at this blog. Without the bike… strange feeling not having it with me…..
Trip total just 6705 miles. Now the wait until my flight on Monday.