Craig showed up at my door and we rode around the Verdugos, parting ways in La Canada when I had lunch at Chipotle. Then I headed up ACH without a plan. I took a peek at the LC Cross-town trail on the uphill side of AC, but could not figure out which way the trail took relative to the home there, so I continued up AC. I started up the Mt Lukens fire road behind the ranger station, but it was too steep for my energy level and gearing. When I made it to George's Gap (aka Clear Creek Vista), I took a look and decided to descend the very well maintained trail (switchbacks at mile 29); I exited on AFH on the entrance road to the LA Unified property there. I had to do a fair amount of hike-a-biking, partiularly along Clear Creek to find my way out of the canyon. I purposefully went slow starting up ACH after a huge lunch, but I never felt any real energy. Consequently, this was one of the slowest paced rides I have had for a long time. (Note: ESRI topo map the correct location of Clear Creekk where I crossed it, and started hiking up the other side.)