Russ Brown Motorcycle Blog

Nestled in the beautiful San Gabriel Mountains and sandwiched between San Gabriel Canyon Road to the west and Mount Baldy Road to the east are a couple of roads that aren’t direct routes to anyway. As far as evidence suggests, the main reason for Glendora Mountain...

For over 120 years the San Gabriel Mountains have been a protected area where Angelinos have enjoyed everything from camping to hunting, hiking to skiing, and motorcycling. The latter really accelerated in the 1930s when paved roads provided not only easy access to...

Tucked into the south end of the Santa Ana Mountain range, that are bisected by San Diego and Riverside Counties, and bordering Camp Pendleton is a network of roads that access nurseries, vineyards, ranches, residences and the Cleveland National Forest. Due to the...

  Ortega Highway (State Route 74) is the only road that crosses the 60-mile-long Santa Ana Mountain range that borders Orange and Riverside Counties. Thankfully, due to the ruggedness of the area, the route hasn’t been flattened, straightened and widened into...

As far as I’m concerned, the adjective “awesome” is greatly overused; “That cup of coffee was awesome!” If you consider that the word describes something that elicits awe, which is a feeling of wonder and amazement bordering on the divine, then for me a mere cup of...