Farther! Higher! Slower! Nichols Canyon again

Well, if I flunk my licensing exam at least I'll have had all these nice bike rides, and a blog to remember them by. And actually, the brain needs to get out on a daily basis anyway, so good thing it has so many nice places around here to go!

I went back to Nichols Canyon today, and did the full distance of this road. It's a steady uphill, a relentless 5+ km of climbing. Not sure the exact distance as my bike computer has been acting up and not registering all the distance I do, but probably less than 6 km anyway. But still- that's one big hill! There is a tiny spot where there is a gentle downwards slope near the top of the hill.

Here's a view of the canyon from around halfway up. Isn't it beautiful?


Facing the other direction, here's the road heading up:


Some nice real estate in the canyon:


Here are some cacti that were growing at the side of the road. I'm such a Canadian hick, I still get a kick out of seeing desert plants growing wild:


If anyone's into maps, here's my route, it continues northward from my map from the Oct. 3 ride:

I was pretty close to the famous Mulholland Drive, some other time I'll take a turn and head over that way.