Riding from LA to Fresno

Looooong day today, got blown about a bit by the wind but the good news is I think my neck might be twice the size after this trip due to all the straining to keep it attached to my shoulders.

After a nice ride around the hills in LA looking at fancy houses and enjoying the roads and views I started riding up the i5 but severe wind warnings on a section put me off, I wasn't in the mood for getting blown under a truck today. So planned a little detour, not many roads in this part of california so the detour meant adding a good 70 miles onto the route and going back up into the snow (because apparently I can't get enough of the stuff). But my god was it worth it! The road I found was incredible and the views went on for miles!! I'm pretty sure I could see Wallingford at one point 😂. I also spent a good chunk of time up in the clouds which was awesome, you could see the cloud rolling up the hill over the road, very strange... the video kind of shows it but doesn't really do it justice.

Anyway, checked into my motel, $50 booking was the cheapest I could find. Turns out there's also a non optional $10 hotel services fee (not sure what the $50 was for) plus taxes... I fucking hate taxes... and now my room is $75. So once again I will be filling my bag with everything I can steal, although I am running out of room due to the copious amounts of free shampoo building up... oh and they also take a $200 deposit, which gets refunded at check out but it still gets paid for at check in... so my $50 room has just cost me $275. If I wasn't so tired I'd politely tell them to shove their room so far up their ass they could taste it... but I'm sleepy and everything aches so I made a grumpy huff and paid. Probably even thanked them for being so helpful.Read more