Sounds ineresting..
when you say "motorcyclists", are you refering to road or off-road (or dual-purpose)?
(The pictures show mostly road bikes, but the area is dirt.)
If off-road, then me thinks its not a good match. As an off-roader,
I know the dust personally. Great stuff, just keep the optics away.
Sounds good and dark. But LSA is less of a drive, and is in the dark zone.
It might make a good alternative meeting spot for, say, the imager's ball.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John R Pierce" <pierce@hogranch.com>
To: <sf-bay-tac@seds.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 6:59 PM
Subject: [TAC] interesting new location?
> Spent this weekend at a private campground down south... Songdog Ranch, its
> mostly used by motorcyclists... Its on a mesa above Cuyama Valley, off route
> 33, a couple of miles south of route 166.
>
> The place has amazing horizons, and both friday and saturday, were
> stunningly dark after the crescent moon went down, there was only the
> dimmest light dome to the northeast (Bakersfield area), a dimmer one to the
> west (Santa Barbara), and a rather diffuse one to the south (LA). When
> the milkyway came up last night, I stared at it naked eye for an hour.
> This was every bit as dark as glacier pt, yosemite.
>
>
> Songdog is a neat place, its run by a guy named Rev and his family...
> camping there is $5/night, there's running water, pit toilets, and they are
> off grid, there are no lights.
>
> He also does a killer tritip and chicken BBQ for $30/head if you have $1000
> minimum (33 folks at $30 per) and set it up in advance. The dinner
> includes salad and blackeye beans, and it includes a french toast breakfast
> in the morning (juice, bacon or ham, fresh fruit, etc).
>
> The downside... no showers, pit toilets. I guess you could bring some
> black garden hose and a low flow sprinkler, and make a solar shower :D
>
> its also rather remote, around 250 miles drive from the bay area (well, 250
> miles of meandering back roads on my bike anyways). The last mile up to the
> mesa is a dirt road (easily driven in any car or bike).
>
>
>
Received on Sun Apr 25 20:12:03 2004