The ride for Thursday, February 7, will be a Tour of Santa Margarita, followed by an out-and-back to Santa Margarita Lake and refreshments at Cricket’s. Here are the particulars:
Meet at 9:00 a.m. at the Veterans Memorial of the Atascadero Lake Park. Ride around the lake, make a left turn on Santa Rosa, followed by a right onto El Camino. We will make a diversion off of El Camino through Garden Farms, then return to El Camino, going south past Highway 58, and continuing through the metropolis of Santa Margarita to the intersection of El Camino Real and Wilhelmina Avenue, where we will turn left. We will take another quick left turn at I Street, and follow it north all the way back to Highway 58. We will turn right there and take 58 to the intersection of Pozo Road, where we will bear right. We will then ride out Pozo Road to the turnoff for Santa Margarita Lake, where we will turn left and ride out to the Lake. After regrouping and completing our inspection of the Lake, we will turn around and ride back to Pozo Road, where we will turn right. Follow Pozo Road to ECRwhere we turn right, and ride to a right turn on Viejo Camino. Continue to ECR again, and onto Cricket’s for coffee.