RCY RIDE REPORT
Chesebro Canyon
A Thanksgiving Day Tradition
11-23-2006
 
 
In preparation for the eating frenzy later in the day, 8 RCYers arrived for an early morning calorie-burner up Chesebro Canyon for our traditional Thanksgiving Day ride.  Passing many attractive female runners--one would think they should have been in the kitchen on a day like this (ouch! I'm gonna get in trouble for that remark)--were DavidR, Tal, Efi, George, Joe, Reuben, Jamshyd and me.  The day started off on the cool side, but we quickly stripped off outer layers at the Sulfur Springs/Baleen Wall fork to enjoy a sunny and pleasant day.  We also chatted with some of the women runners at this point before we picked the left hand fork to climb up Sulfur Springs Trail.
 
A determined Jamshyd heads up one of the traditionally tough climbs on Sulfur Springs Trail
 
Tal focused as he climbs the technical section
 
George sneaks a smile during the climb
 
Scroll across this double image of Efi as he successfully climbs the tough hill
 
We continued on up the canyon until we arrived at Shepherd's Flat.  At this point we did our traditional yenta-ing before making the thoughtful decision to head down the GasPipe/TacoHill/BrokenSpoke Singletrack.  However, according to new signs in the area, I think that the trail that goes from Shepherd's Flat west to Palo Comado and east all the way down GasPipe to the Las Virgenes Fireroad is officially called the Sheep Corral Trail.  Let it be written, let it be known.
 
The group at the intersection of the Sheep Corral Trail and Power Poles/3 Hills Fireroads
From the left: Efi, Reuben, Joe, Tal, George, Jamshyd, and David
 
From here we continued down the technical, always fun GasPipe/TacoHill/BrokenSpoke section of the newly named Sheep Corral Trail....old habits die hard. 
 
Tal on the rutted downhill
 
David
 
Reuben
 
Joe
 
Efi
 
And in spite of our bad smells and worse manners,
 we were briefly joined by a female rider Pauline
 
We had one near catastrophe on the downhill....George lost his banana on the trail....
but good samaritan Joe found it and dutifully returned it to its rightful owner.
 
At the bottom of the downhill we turned right, took the fireroad and then singletrack to the Little Baleen climb, then rode the ridge fireroad that eventually allowed us to drop back into Chesebro Canyon.  After a quick detour up and down the Modelo Trail and connector we headed back to the cars.  As we approached the vehicles in the parking area just off the street, I noticed a bunch of people plus a couple of L.A. County Sheriffs standing near my red 4Runner.  Good news, bad news.  The good news was that my vehicle was okay....the bad news was that the female runner who had parked her Volvo SUV next to me had had her car broken into and wallet, cell phone, etc. stolen.
 
A sheriff looks over the smashed window
 
Leaving the lady and her friends with their woes, 6 of us headed on over to the Calabasas Commons to prime the pump in anticipation of the eating festivities later in the day.
 
Hope you all had a very meaningful Thanksgiving filled with friends and family and gratitude.
 
Robco Baggins
 

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