It was a great
November ride. Temp. about 70, blue skies, great friends. Great thing about
California is we rode thru places that had the leaves turning color as they do
back east, then through mountains, desert and pine. Devil's Punch Bowl was
remarkable and amazing to see the power of Mother Nature. Devil's Punch Bowl was
created from the movement of the San Andreas Fault, that sucker moves a little
to much and I'll be treading water... But the fault is what shaped most of
California making the beautiful works of nature including the Devil's Punch Bowl
and for that matter the mountains that we look up on everyday from the LA area.
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All over Southern and Central California folks were meeting up to ride together to the beginning of the Devil's Punch Bowl Ride. This is San Dimas
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We all gathered at Hansen Damn, had a 50/50 "New Guy" won a hundred bucks. Some coffee and donuts thanks Rob & Daryl and we were gone
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We ride to our first stop
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First stop, Bear Divide in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mtns. Highest Peak, Mt San Antonio (Mt. Baldy) 10,080 feet
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Looking toward Saugus, CA.
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Marty Rood, (on left, facing) many time contributer to F6Rider Webzine and author of "Group Riding" which get published for all our ride-ins.
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Valkyrie Folk
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We leave for Devil's Punch Bowl
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The Tunnel, great place for pipe modifications
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Gary & Sally, our SoCal leader and his Navigator
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Pook! Devil's Punch Bowl was his idea for a ride, and a great one it was...
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Rob & Daryl, Rob's our SoCal WebMaster and Daryl the spark plug that gets everything done!
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To explain Devil's Punch Bowl would take an article, maybe I can get Pook to do just that.
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These rocks were formed laying flat. It is the famous San Andreas Fault movement that tossed them about.
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Group Shot of just a few Valk folk: Donna, Joe, Mark, Lyn, Workerbee, oZ, Pook and Don
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Pook and friend, maybe?
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Yea, he's cool
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We're outta here
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Workerbee with Friend
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Autunm in the California Desert, off to lunch...
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Mark & Lyn of CATSpecialties. Members first, vendors second. I love vendors that actually ride Valkyries! I love these guys, they've done much 4 VRCC
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What! this ain't the mountains, this is 45 minutes the other directions: I love LA...
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Self-Portrait
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