Recap of my trip to LA from 3/13/2025 -> 3/19/2025⌗

13th Flew to LA, checked the bike no problem (this was my first time flying with my bike). I borrowed a bike bag from a friend, it was pretty easy to pack. Flight delayed 1 hour, so I walked six miles in the airport. Few weirdos on the flight. Got to bed around midnight.

Bike all packed up: Bike Case

The Cat: Suki

14th

Woke up at 9:15 did a few things for work, built my bike and went to Sprouts. Very rainy but got stuff for a pot roast. We went back to Ben’s and then drove over to meet Jacob (Another 3L at USC). We did a 9 mile walk through a lake and over to dinner at tu madre. We ended the night going through a few bars before walking back to Jacob’s and driving home. Good guy, it was a fun time.

Saw this cool Isuzu Trooper: Trooper

15th

Woke up pretty late. Bike was shifting terribly. Did a 2:30 hour ride through some really nice neighborhoods in Beverly Hills. Not much shoulder, plenty of cars, but it went fine. I put the pot roast on before we left. Very simple roast just seared up some chuck and then letting in simmer in stock/vegetables for a few hours. Took the bike to REI and Brian got it shifting better. Drove home and had dinner with Gabi and Bishop. And then we walked to salt and straw and got ice cream.

16th

Woke up at 10am, watched some premier league soccer . Went for 90 minute ride up the same nice neighborhoods. Running a little late, Mitch came over and we drove to the intuit dome. Clippers smacked the hornets. Dome was extremely annoying to get into but the large screens were cool. Watched sexy beast which was ok.

Clippers Game

17th

Woke up going to do a big ride with Jeremy (Another 3L at USC) today around Palos Verdes. Was really nice to start with a bit of traffic, the beach path was quite sandy. The coastal road was basically falling apart and closed to bikes but we went anyway there was an incredibly steep pitch. The rest of the ride was cool there was some switch backs that this McLaren kept doing over and over. Descent was a little sketchy. We stopped at Mickeys Italian deli for lunch and got corned beef sandwiches for St.Paddy’s day. After leaving, we had about an hour to get home and it started raining super hard… we were freezing. We got home and had to dry all our clothes out. Then we had leftovers and watched collateral. Palos Verdes

18th

Drove up to Santa Barbara. Airbnb small but nice, dropped our stuff off and went for a ride. Climb was super long and steep. Saw a vulture grab a dead gopher and drop it right in front of us. Some of the coolest riding I’ve ever done. We chose the right direction to do it in, as the pavement on the descent was really nice. We showered and got Mexican food. Gave my pozole to a homeless women, got ice cream at Ralph’s.

Old San Marcos

19th

Walked to the beach in the morning and got some avocado toast. Drove back to LA. Put my bike back in its case for the flight and got dropped off at LAX. Flight was uneventful, and I made it back safe.

The international terminal at LAX is wild: LAX