Monday, May 30th:

        After waking up at 4:20, we set off on the beautiful Californian road to Indio. After smooth sailing for a few miles out of the LA beach, we started tracking our way up over the first mountain range. Grabbing a few pictures along the way, we trudged back and forth up each switchback until we reached the summit 27 miles later. Gratefully, we got some payback with a GORGEOUS scenic downhill for the next 6 miles! We ended up at Lake Elisnore, a beautiful little town just north of Temecula. The men started clipping south for Temecula, averaging almost 15 mph on the straight city street. In Temecula, we turned east on Highway 79- and were very grateful for a small tailwind helping us along. However, about 10 miles down the shoulder-less, dangerous, hot, and dusty road- Ed and Jerry decided that it was just too unsafe to be going down that road during the memorial day traffic. So we loaded the bikes back on the Tahoe, and booked it back to Temecula to find ourselves a hotel to rest from our uphill battle. During the day, we started at sea level, and reached 2730 feet, and then came to a rest at Temecula at about 1100 feet above sea level. Now we are getting ready to hit sack for another early day tomorrow.