Views of Dana Point Harbor

[MJR]

A few shots from a stop above Dana Point Harbor today.

[CROSSBOLT]

Really beautiful pictures!

Karl

[Stig / Major Tom]

MJR,
I see that you are not that far from Mexico. ....have you ever ridden a scooter down there?
50 yrs ago this summer, I spent a few weeks backpacking on the beaches between TJ an Ensenada.
Perhaps it was a bit safer down there in those days?  In all those weeks I only had a gun pointed at me one time.
Nice pics -- thanks for sharing.
(no smog in that area?)
Stig

[CROSSBOLT]

Too much on-shore wind there. Blows the smog elsewhere.....

Karl

[MJR]

MJR,
I see that you are not that far from Mexico. ....have you ever ridden a scooter down there?
50 yrs ago this summer, I spent a few weeks backpacking on the beaches between TJ an Ensenada.
Perhaps it was a bit safer down there in those days?  In all those weeks I only had a gun pointed at me one time.
Nice pics -- thanks for sharing.
(no smog in that area?)

Never ridden a bike down there but I seem to remember the roads being pretty rough in a car. I haven't been down there in years. I have a friend that used to lead 4x4 groups down there but he quit doing many years ago after a bunch of their rigs was broken into. Smog? Nah like Karl said the nearly constant onshore wind blows it up to the foothills. Reminds of a time passing through Irwindale, I remember you could cut the smog with a knife.

[Stig / Major Tom]

It was in the late 60's, spent time in Pasadena, Downey and Covina....a cloudless sky was pale gray. Never recall seeing deep a deep blue sky. Sometimes at night, sittng on porch, it looked like London fog had rolled in, or I was in the Lincoln Tunnel.
Recall San Diego  and San Francisco  with great fondness.....and....you ever watch a couple young ladies in miniskirts climb into the back seat of a 2 door? Loved my buddie's 67 Mustang. ("DON'T  put the top down till we're all seated!")  My goodness....those were the days!

What was the question again......?
Stig

[Scooter Dan]

Nice trip down memory lane. Got out your way a few years back towing my B400 out to SD to visit my son. Got to ride up from there through San Clemente, Laguna Beach, Newport Beach and up to Huntington  Beach. Had to work around the Marine Corps base to get back on the coast highway. Forgot about the late afternoon fog that rolls in off the ocean and gets real foggy and very chilly too. Deb and I only had our mesh jackets over t shirts as it was a really chilly ride back to SD. We stopped in Laguna to get Deb a long sleeve shirt as she was chilled to the bone. Camp Pendleton was really foggy as I feared I wouldn't be able to read the exit sign to get off in SD. Fortunately the real thick fog was mostly around Pendelton. Anyway, this is where I bought my first bike back in 68 when I moved to Huntington Beach. Remember the Golden Bear, a club on the corner of Main St. and the Coast Hwy. where folks like John Denver and Gordon Lightfoot would perform. I was too cheap and too poor to afford admission as we hung out front where they piped the live concerts to an outside speaker. Funny, right next door was another club, a biker bar with really hard core dudes.  Don't recall why I felt compelled to hang out there but they never gave me any problems.  Oh, and my very first bike was a 65 Yamaha Catalina 250 parallel twin UJM (universal japenese motorcycle). Cool times. Thanks for the trip back into time buddy.

[MJR]

That marine layer is on of the things that make the beach areas nicer during the summer keeping it cooler. Lots of things have changed around here, gone are a large number of the oil pumpers in Huntington Beach, and homes or high rises have taken their place. Years ago I didn't like these areas could get much more crowded at times but in Costa Mesa there is a big move toward taking out old industrial buildings and putting multi unit condominiumso up even taking out sections of single family homes for them. I can only imagine what that's going to be like in a few years. But there are few places where the weather is so nice year round. Nice to have a variety of riding areas also. If it's cold go to the desert or warm go to the mountains. I probably take it a bit for granted and don't get out as often as I should.

[Scooter Dan]

Yep, I hardly recognized Costa Mesa/Newport Beach. Place has really grown up or should I say blown up really big. Much different back in 68.

[Redk]

The scenery is kinda old-hat, for me, but I sure do like the My Road scooter !

Perhaps you could run up the PCH one day and get some shots in Santa Monica, Malibu, and Mugu Rock ?

Is Neptunes Net still open for business in Trancas ?
redk

[MJR]

The scenery is kinda old-hat, for me, but I sure do like the My Road scooter !

Perhaps you could run up the PCH one day and get some shots in Santa Monica, Malibu, and Mugu Rock ?

Is Neptunes Net still open for business in Trancas ?

You mean Malibu? Yes it's still there, been a little while since I've been there but I have been thinking about going again recently. I like to stop there when I am in the area. I'd also like to swing back up to the Rock Store. Mugu Rock reminds me of a time many years ago when I was working for a car prep company when we were doing a photo shoot on the old closed section of highway that used to go around the outside of the rock. I need to go riding more and then I have to choose which of my bikes to ride. :-)

[Redk]

I did it again !  lol

I frequently confuse Dana Point and Point Dume.
...and there's quite a bit of difference !

PCH is always fun to ride on.
Small problems up towards Big Sur, though...

http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/03/23/big-sur-final-span-of-highway-1-bridge-comes-down/

I had hoped to give it a try during the best of the summer  WX.
redk

[MJR]

I frequently confuse Dana Point and Point Dume.
...and there's quite a bit of difference !

Yah Dana Point = Doheny Beach.

[Stig / Major Tom]

I did it again !  lol

I frequently confuse Dana Point and Point Dume.
...and there's quite a bit of difference !

PCH is always fun to ride on.
Small problems up towards Big Sur, though...

http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/03/23/big-sur-final-span-of-highway-1-bridge-comes-down/

I had hoped to give it a try during the best of the summer  WX.
redk

I give up....you live in California?, is that what you mean by "Pacific Rim"...and what is WX ?
Stig

[MJR]

I give up....you live in California?, is that what you mean by "Pacific Rim"...and what is WX ?

I think he does though his profile doesn't say where. Pacific Rim being land areas surrounding the Pacific Ocean like the US coast from Mexico to Canada. WX is used as an abbreviation for weather (as listed on CB radio for weather stations).