Matthew’s ALC8 Blog

This ride was a short (but with a couple of nasty climbs) starting out at the Victory Trailhead in Upper Virgenes Canyon Park (somewhat recently doubled in size) in support of the Baby Dragon Fund (which goes to support the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy and the LA Gay and Lesbian Center).  After parking up near the trailhead, we went down the hill and did a loop in the Calasbasas area, including passing right by the Grantparents’ house of a good friend of mine (which was strange, as I’ve always found it a pain to drive there, and now I’ve bicycled it…).

After the ride and lunch, there was a ceremony to dedicate the Hunter Allen trail.  The ceremony was very nice and well done, followed by a ~2 mile trek down the trail, which was quite beautiful.

One of the two nasty climbs was on Mulholland Hwy, and was deceptively steep.  I only realized just how steep it was when I took a short break and realized how fast my heart was pumping.  The other climb was up Victory Blvd at the end, which I was originally hoping I wasn’t going to have to do when I drove up it, but did it anyways.  We also encountered some other kind of official event that shared part of our route, and it was a nice peaceful ride.

Baby Dragon Fund Training Ride (click to view detail)