Tehachapi/Lake Isabella/Walker Basin
Weekend Road Run
Saturday and Sunday, June 7 & 8, 2003
This run is a new addition to be
sponsored by Erhard Hirschfelder and his wife Judy. They reside in Bear Valley Springs, near
Tehachapi. This ride promises to be a
spectacular combination of mountain and lakeside scenery, with a group dinner
on Saturday evening if the attendees so desire.
The ride will be based at the Golden Hills Motel near Tehachapi (see
directions below). It would be an
advantage to arrive Friday evening, June 6 at your leisure; however, for those
who arrive Saturday morning, we will wait for you at the Caliente
Off Ramp on Highway 58 at about 10 –10:30 AM. Highlights of the ride are as follows:
ARRIVAL and DIRECTIONS to MOTEL; ROOM RESERVATIONS
ARRIVE at Golden Hills Motel,
22561 Wood Ford-Tehachapi Road, Tehachapi,
CA.
Take Highway 58 East from Bakersfield or West from Mojave to the
Tehachapi Route 202 Exit and follow Route 202 for three miles; take Wood
Ford-Tehachapi Rd. right, about one mile downhill to the motel. Rooms are $30 plus tax for One Bed, $40 plus
tax for Two Beds. Phone the Motel at
(661) 822-4488 for reservations/directions and mention the AMCA
SATURDAY RIDE PLAN:
We will meet for breakfast at the APPLESHED
Restaurant, on Tehachapi Blvd.
on the east side of town (about 5 miles from the motel, or for Saturday
arrivals, exit into town) at 8 AM or
earlier. The ride will depart from the
restaurant at 9-9:30 AM, going back
past the motel to the Tehachapi Loop Railroad Overlook. We will then proceed to the Caliente Off Ramp to break for
late arrivals as mentioned above. The
ride will proceed toward Lake Isabella
to the “Cowboy Memorial,” where we will be given a guided historical tour and
break for lunch. After lunch, the ride
will proceed to the old town of Havilah,
continuing to Bodfish and Lake
Isabella. We will stop in Kernville at the museum
before circling the lake, returning to Bodfish and
the Walker Basin
before looping to Caliente and the base in
Tehachapi. As mentioned earlier, we will
have a group dinner if desired in the immediate area.
SUNDAY RIDE:
Breakfast is at your leisure; there
is no restaurant at the motel, but nearby about 1-2 miles. Sunday will feature a shorter ride to
Erhard’s residence at Bear Valley Springs, about 6000 feet in elevation, with
panoramic views of the Bakersfield
area and surrounding valley. He will
host a light lunch for those present and we shall conclude what promises to be
another scenic and enjoyable weekend adventure.
FOR INFORMATION: Contact Erhard
Hirschfelder at (661) 821-7111