{"id":2204,"date":"2024-03-24T13:15:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T20:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/?p=2204"},"modified":"2024-03-24T14:43:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T21:43:49","slug":"beautiful-ride-up-the-mountain-then-out-to-goleta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/?p=2204","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful ride up the mountain then out to Goleta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2 hours 35 minutes in the saddle, 26 miles with 1,800&#8242; of climbing. My most challenging to date on the extremely steep sections up on old San Marcos Road.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2203\" style=\"width: 705px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-24-Toms-Komoot-Ride-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2203\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2203\" src=\"http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-24-Toms-Komoot-Ride-1024x540.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"695\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-24-Toms-Komoot-Ride-1024x540.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-24-Toms-Komoot-Ride-300x158.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-24-Toms-Komoot-Ride-768x405.jpg 768w, http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-24-Toms-Komoot-Ride-1536x810.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-24-Toms-Komoot-Ride-2048x1081.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2203\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The map showing my route for today and the location of my four photos below.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2199\" style=\"width: 705px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-24__10-03AM-Tom-at-Old-San-Marcos-Hwy-154-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2199\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2199\" src=\"http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-24__10-03AM-Tom-at-Old-San-Marcos-Hwy-154-781x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"695\" height=\"911\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-24__10-03AM-Tom-at-Old-San-Marcos-Hwy-154-781x1024.jpg 781w, http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-24__10-03AM-Tom-at-Old-San-Marcos-Hwy-154-229x300.jpg 229w, http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-24__10-03AM-Tom-at-Old-San-Marcos-Hwy-154-768x1008.jpg 768w, http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-24__10-03AM-Tom-at-Old-San-Marcos-Hwy-154-1171x1536.jpg 1171w, http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-24__10-03AM-Tom-at-Old-San-Marcos-Hwy-154-1561x2048.jpg 1561w, http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-24__10-03AM-Tom-at-Old-San-Marcos-Hwy-154-scaled.jpg 1951w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here I am at the high point of my ride,1,400&#8242; at Hwy 154 and Painted Cave Road<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2200\" style=\"width: 705px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-24__10-12AM-Tom-on-Old-San-Marcos-down-half-mile-from-Hwy-154-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2200\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2200\" src=\"http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-24__10-12AM-Tom-on-Old-San-Marcos-down-half-mile-from-Hwy-154-1024x671.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"695\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-24__10-12AM-Tom-on-Old-San-Marcos-down-half-mile-from-Hwy-154-1024x671.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-24__10-12AM-Tom-on-Old-San-Marcos-down-half-mile-from-Hwy-154-300x197.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-24__10-12AM-Tom-on-Old-San-Marcos-down-half-mile-from-Hwy-154-768x503.jpg 768w, http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-24__10-12AM-Tom-on-Old-San-Marcos-down-half-mile-from-Hwy-154-1536x1006.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-24__10-12AM-Tom-on-Old-San-Marcos-down-half-mile-from-Hwy-154-2048x1342.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A half mile back down. I had to stop for the beautiful view<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2201\" style=\"width: 705px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-24__12-38PM-Tom-on-at-the-San-Marcos-Foothills-Preserver-near-Hwy-154-and-Foothill-copy-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2201\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2201\" src=\"http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-24__12-38PM-Tom-on-at-the-San-Marcos-Foothills-Preserver-near-Hwy-154-and-Foothill-copy-823x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"695\" height=\"865\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-24__12-38PM-Tom-on-at-the-San-Marcos-Foothills-Preserver-near-Hwy-154-and-Foothill-copy-823x1024.jpg 823w, http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-24__12-38PM-Tom-on-at-the-San-Marcos-Foothills-Preserver-near-Hwy-154-and-Foothill-copy-241x300.jpg 241w, http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-24__12-38PM-Tom-on-at-the-San-Marcos-Foothills-Preserver-near-Hwy-154-and-Foothill-copy-768x955.jpg 768w, http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-24__12-38PM-Tom-on-at-the-San-Marcos-Foothills-Preserver-near-Hwy-154-and-Foothill-copy-1235x1536.jpg 1235w, http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-24__12-38PM-Tom-on-at-the-San-Marcos-Foothills-Preserver-near-Hwy-154-and-Foothill-copy-1647x2048.jpg 1647w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2201\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I&#8217;m back close to home at the San Marcos Foothill Preserve<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2202\" style=\"width: 1946px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-24__12-43PM-Tom-on-at-the-San-Marcos-Foothills-Preserver-near-Hwy-154-and-Foothill-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2202\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2202\" src=\"http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-24__12-43PM-Tom-on-at-the-San-Marcos-Foothills-Preserver-near-Hwy-154-and-Foothill-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1936\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-24__12-43PM-Tom-on-at-the-San-Marcos-Foothills-Preserver-near-Hwy-154-and-Foothill-scaled.jpg 1936w, http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2024-03-24__12-43PM-Tom-on-at-the-San-Marcos-Foothills-Preserver-near-Hwy-154-and-Foothill-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1936px) 100vw, 1936px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here is the explanatory sign at the preserve<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 hours 35 minutes in the saddle, 26 miles with 1,800&#8242; of climbing. My most challenging to date on the extremely steep sections up on old San Marcos Road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2204"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2207,"href":"http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2204\/revisions\/2207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tomnelson.org\/alc\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}