rather poorly this morning so I didn't ride as planned. I wish I had. It seems that everyone in Santa Clarita was out hiking the Placerita Canyon trail. Ugh. What a pain. Hikers are the best of many reasons to get out early. Two new changes – one good one bad. The bad is that Placerita Canyon trail had some damage, one assumes from the rain. I hope they fix it soon. The landslide is ridable by some riders, but I didn't clean it. See pic. The good is that they paved the shoulder of Placerita Canyon Road. They had repaved the asphalt several weeks back, leaving a sharp, bicycle-unfriendly drop/rise of 3 to 4 inches. That's now been fixed so that you can easily ride from the shoulder onto the paved road easily. Thank you, City of Santa Clarita. See pic. At the bottom of Paseo Aliento I spotted an antique Datsun that clearly belongs to a mountain biker. The rack on the roof tells me it doesn't belong to an eMTBer.