Bike ride on a dreary day
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Today is kind of gray, overcast, and it was drizzling a bit. So we went for a bike ride.
The ride was mostly flat. We started out going east and south into Temple City. We picked up the Rio Hondo bike path at Peck Park. From there, we went down towards Whittier Narrows.
Next, we headed back north, passing the hospital where Curly Howard died. Then it was north through San Gabriel’s Chinatown.
We passed the old Spanish mission in the middle of San Gabriel. It was near there that we had a little mishap. Brian bumped into John at a stop sign, and they both fell down. They weren’t hurt, but it was still an unpleasant thing. Afterwards, everyone was asking why I didn’t take a picture of it, but nobody had gotten a flat tire.
After straightening out the bikes, we continued on north, going up the scarp of the Raymond Fault just north of Lacy Park in San Marino. We stopped for a snack at Noah’s Bagels on south Lake Ave.
The final part of the ride was out to Duarte and back. Newton had started from Encanto park there, so I rode back there with him. It was a completely pleasant ride, even if it did start actually raining on the way back through Sierra Madre.
50 miles.
August 30th, 2005 at 9:55 am
Made me chase a few pointers before I could finally find a picture of the hospital (sanitarium) where Curly shuffled off this mortal coil. Is it still being used as a hospital/sanitarium (or similar?) From the pic it looks like it might be being used as a residence or something like that.