Image of the Week – 1/18/2016

Hollywood Sign and Mt. Lee from Canyon View Drive
Hollywood Sign and Mt. Lee from Canyon View Drive

New license plate for my main motorcycle

After seeing a few vehicles with the new “Legacy” license plates that DMV is issuing, I thought I might convert my personalized plates to them as well. While both my motorcycles aren’t old at all (both are post-2000), they both carry plates with old highways on them. Yesterday, my Highway 99 plates came in. In …

Read more

Image of the Week – 10/14/15

Riding my motorcycle along Camino Cielo above Santa Barbara, CA.
Riding my motorcycle along Camino Cielo above Santa Barbara, CA.

North Burbank UP – Videos

On Tuesday, May 13, 2014, I took the opportunity to ride up to Burbank and get some videos of the North Burbank UP with my GoPro camera. Despite the extreme heat, I managed to at least get some good video. These videos show the North Burbank Underpass and ancillary structures from all directions. They were taken to show …

Read more

Brea Canyon – Old Highway 57

Even in heavily built up Orange County, there can still be places where old highways can be seen. One of the best examples is located in Brea Canyon, where the Orange Freeway winds its way through open and undeveloped lands between Orange and Los Angeles Counties. Before the freeway, State 57 followed Brea Canyon Road. …

Read more