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San Diego, California

Honda Goldwing and Valkyrie riders
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First ride of the Year

Ride Leaders: Mike and Elma Maury, CA1F Chapter Educators


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The weather for Sunday looks wonderful so we’ll head out to East county and up into the mountains for our First Ride of 2012. We’ll meet at WalMart near Aero Drive and I-15 (ride location #1) at 10:45 with the Rider’s Meeting at 11 AM. The ride will end at Harrah’s Rincon Casino around 2:30 where you can have lunch if desired before heading home. We hope to see many of you at Wal-Mart on Sunday morning.

First Ride 2012

Ride is 110 miles and about 3.5 hours including break

Leave Wal-Mart the usual way. Enter 15 South

Take 8 East to Fuerte (just past La Mesa Blvd.) Turn right on Fuerte (there is an off camber stop at a stop sign shortly after turning on to Fuerte)

Follow Fuerte to Avocado.

Turn right on Avocado

Turn left on the ramp to 94 East

Go straight to continue on 54

Turn right on Willow Glen & follow to Dehesa Road

Turn right on Dehesa Rd. & eventually bear right to stay on Dehesa Rd.

Bear right on Japatul Road which will become Japatul Valley Rd. & 79

Bear left to stay on 79. Bathroom break at Lake Cuyamaca

Follow 79 to Julian. Go straight on Main Street which becomes Farmers Road, then turn right on Wynola Road & right on to 79

At Santa Ysabel, turn right to stay on 79

Turn left on Mesa Grande – Watch for Range Cattle!!!

Turn left on Center Loop and then turn left on 76 Follow 76 to S-6 (Valley Center Rd)

Turn left on S-6 (Valley Center Road)

Turn right into Harrah’s Rincon Casino

NO COLORS (vests or hats), PLEASE. They will ask you to remove them.

Food is available in the Café, Pinks Hotdogs, Fortunes Noodle House, an oyster bar, the Buffet (pricey) & Fiore (steakhouse).

Alternately, there are other places to eat in Valley Center & Escondido