"Twenty-six miles across the sea, Santa Catalina is a-waitin' for me..."
Anyway that must be what Errin Vasquez was thinking when he -- prodded by his friend Bruce -- picked Catalina as the place to try out his new bikepacking setup.
Consequently, readers of this week's Bike Overnights post will enjoy an island getaway replete with beaches, beer, bicycling -- and yes, motorcycle racing.
"Happening the same weekend [as our trip] was the Red Bull Catalina Grand Prix," Errin writes. "They used to have motorcycle races on the island, but 1958 was the last year it was held. We met a racer from the last race in ?58 on our boat ride. Everyone seemed pretty excited to see the motos race on the island again."
After they'd had enough of the moto racing, Errin and Bruce headed for the hills of inland Catalina.
"A slight drizzle had been keeping things interesting all morning. However, once the climbing was over we were greeted with sun and blue skies. And still, every corner presented a new photo op, so it was hard to keep the camera holstered.
"We awoke to clear skies on Sunday morning."
You can read Errin's story in its entirety at BikeOvernights.org, where you can also learn more about him and his motives. ("I?m a cyclist always looking for adventure. I?m married to a beautiful woman who is suffering from a rare form of liver disease called Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis. Her liver is slowly failing. The goal of my blog is to share my adventures and raise awareness, for her disease as well as for organ donation.")
Our current Photo of the Week, shown below, comes courtesy of Dave Battista from his post, Country Roads Take Me Home: West Virginia.
Top two photos by Errin Vasquez
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BIKE OVERNIGHTS is posted every Monday by Michael McCoy, Adventure Cycling?s media specialist, and highlights content from BikeOvernights.org. Previously, from March 2009 through January 2012, Mac posted weekly at Biking Without Borders. He also compiles the organization's twice-monthly e-newsletter Bike Bits, which goes free-of-charge to 45,000 readers worldwide.
Source: http://blog.adventurecycling.org/2012/05/bikepacking-on-santa-catalina-island.html
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