July 09, 2005
WorldWide Savage Lake Run
Today was the First Annual World Savage Lake Run. I picked Lake Elsinore:
Click on lake images to enlarge
About 8:30 or so I hopped on Thumper, topped off the gas tank, and headed south on California Route 1 along the ocean. Hung a left at Dana Point toward the Ortega Highway. Topped off the gas, just under a gallon, 57mpg down the coast. Then over the mountain to Lake Elsinore, seen above just before dropping down from the mountains. Arriving at the shore I find that the water level is higher than normal, is green, and it stinks.
It is nearly lunchtime, so I head north on Temescal Canyon rd and run into the sign of civilization: an In-N-Out burger stand:
Catch a bite, continue north, dog on the 91 to pick up La Palma Ave which name-changes to Del Amo Blvd on the run from the Inland Empire to the South Bay.
The run to the lake was about 90 miles, the return a more direct 60 mile route. The return route is also a lot more stop/go city traffic which killed the average mileage. I filled up again at the same Shell I hit on the way out: 152.2 miles round trip on 2.807 gallons of gasoline = 54.2 mpg.
Gasoline: $7
Highways: free
Sunburn: free
4 hours relaxing in the saddle: priceless
I,m corn-fused. If it's a run, where are all the other bikes and people? It looks cool.
Posted by: Wingo at July 11, 2005 01:23 PMIt is "world-wide." V-Twins are as common as fleas. Thumpers need to ride to gether virtually. See http://savage.andruschak.net/LakeRun/ and http://savage.andruschak.net/MountainRun/
Posted by: Paladin at July 11, 2005 03:29 PMYecch! That lake is almost flourescent! Had there been a lot of rain around there or what?
Posted by: Helena at July 13, 2005 06:53 AMOfficially we had the second wettest season on record. But they moved where they collect the rainfall data. Measured as the same spot as the record year in the 1800's we exceded the record. So, unoffically but reality, we had the wettest rainy season in over 100 years.
Posted by: Paladin at July 15, 2005 07:52 AM