Took a ride recently to the Deer Lodge in Ojai, California. Myself along with six other bikes left Bakersfield Harley Davidson around 9:00AM. Heading west out to highway 43 we went through the oil fields of Taft and the western San Joaquin Valley. Taft is situated in a major petroleum and natural gas production region in California and is one of the few remaining towns in the United States which exist exclusively because of nearby oil reserves. The discovery of oil in the region occurred in the late 1800s.
We caught Highway 33 going south just before getting to Cuyama. Highway 33 is used heavily by the croch rocket crowd because it is a relitively fast two lane curvy highway that is not traveled much by cars.
The Deer Lodge caters to the motorcycle community and therefore has ample parking for all types of motorcycles.
And all types of riders.
After refueling the bikes we headed back from which we came. About 35-40 miles up the road we headed East towards Frazier Park/Gorman and Interstate 5.A lot of this ride was in the Los Padres National Forest.
Summary: The ride was great, the friends were good, the food was o.k. the service was terrible.
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