The Palms to Pines Tour

2 McR Points

Motorcycle Type : Cruiser

Twists then a 60-80 mph for 6 miles across the top of a mountain range. eat at the Timber mill restaurant in Idyllwild Great food .

154 McR Points

Motorcycle Type : Touring

Rode this a few weeks ago after Joshua Tree. What a gas! The first leg up the switch-backs was so cool. Great road surface. And without too much traffic, one can twist the throttle enough to get the big smiles. Finally up into the higher elevation and going through the Thomas Valley, the scenery changed to small Family Ranches. There were some scenery vista points where one could lookout to the Salton Sea on one side and Lake Hemet on the other. We chose to continue the ride through Idylwild and down to Banning before heading back up I-15 towards Wrightwood and ACH. The roads were pretty standard two lanes in good condition. The wind was another story. There were some cheek puckering moments...js

54 McR Points

Motorcycle Type : Touring

We started off with a fully (actually overloaded) laden 2019 Ultra Classic from Eagle Rider there at San Diego HD, and headed out to Palm Desert via the least straight route possible. Coming from the Low Country of SC, near Beaufort, curves and hills are as foreign to us as icebergs, so we were looking for a hills and curves overdose. 1st up was a mandatory stop at In-N-Out there on Scripps-Poway Pkwy, no explanation necessary, and then off towards the desert. Routing was as follows: to SR 67 to SR 78 Ramona. SR 78 to SR 79 Santa Ysabel thru Morettis Junction all the way up to SR 371 at Aguanga then off towards Indio on Sr 74 and all kinds of curves and cliffs. I swear this is wear Jimmy Durante’s character kicked the bucket, literally, in the opening sequence of the movie It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.