CB1100 Monthly Photo Challenge

[Gone in 60]

One of my projects this morning was to clear off old stuff from my phone to make room for new stuff. Going through old photos, I came across a picture of my favorite road sign. About a year or so ago, I was riding in Palos Verdes, which is along the coast just north of the L.A. Harbor area that's been so newsworthy lately.

It's a beautiful stretch of coastal cliffs, with golf courses, a nature preserve, homes and hiking trails. If you want to know what the area looks like, watch the movie Step Brothers. The famous Catalina Wine Mixer was filmed on a golf course in Palos Verdes, and the ironic (and probably intentional) thing is that Catalina Island is actually visible in the distance in most of the scenes.

In my young days, my parents ran a dry cleaner in Palos Verdes, and we drove along this road on Saturdays when I went with them to hang out and do little projects around the cleaners. A portion of Palos Verdes Drive is called Portuguese Bend, where the land is constantly shifting and slowly moving toward the ocean. For almost a mile, the road is a wild rollercoaster that is constantly being patched and repaved to keep it open.

I remember my Step Dad taking this part of the road rather quickly in his '76 Regal, allowing me to bounce around in the car like a ping-pong ball. Of course, danger hadn't been invented in the '70s.

Anyhoo, it's a slow day here at work, the sun is shining, I had errands to run, and I hadn't exercised the CB1100 in a few weeks. Plus, I wanted to get a picture of a road sign that was more interesting than my earlier "Ramp Closed Ahead" submission. It was quite a trek to get down to Palos Verdes from the office, but traffic was pretty light.

The picture with blue sky in the background was my earlier picture, showing a close-up of the largest sign. The coast was a bit cloudy today, so the grey sky photos are what I took today. The Bend was as wavy and curvy as ever, but I didn't bounce off of the bike like a ping-pong ball.