Salty’s BBQ Lunch Ride

CE – THIS IS A CLOSED RIDE TO THE PUBLIC. MEMBERS MAY BRING TWO GUESTS WITH THEM.

PLEASE ARRIVE 20 – 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE PRE-RIDE BRIEFING! (This will allow you time to visit other riders, use the restroom, fuel up, get a cup of coffee, etc.)

PLEASE BRING YOUR SM HOG MEMBERSHIP CARD FOR CURRENT STATUS!

Ride Rating: Moderate

Our return to the Santa Margarita Park will be the final destination / termination point for this ride.

Well, it’s been a couple years since I led this ride but this year we are heading to a new Salty’s location so it is a new destination.  Leaving from the Grocery Outlet parking lot located behind or just west of the Chevron Station we will travel to the traffic light on E. Clark Avenue.  I will wait for it to go green so we can try and keep the group together.  We will turn right and get into the left hand turn lane as we pass over the Highway 101 overpass and at the traffic light we will turn left and head north on Highway 101.  We will exit at the Highway 166 exit (9.9 miles) and continue east on 166 to Maricopa (75.9 miles). We will turn left and head north on Highway 33 through Taft and pick up Highway 119 and travel through Ford City, Valley Acres and Dustin Acres until we come to the junction of Highway 43 (22.8 miles) where we will stop for fuel at the Shell Station and take a break (107 miles from SM Chevron). We will leave the parking lot and go around the roundabout and head north on Highway 43 and stay on Highway 43 until we come to the intersection with Highway 58 (6.1 miles).  We will once again encounter a roundabout and we’ll stay to the right and head east on Highway 58.  We will travel east for 8.9 miles and take the Coffee Road Exit and at the traffic light we will turn left onto Coffee Road.   We will head north for approximately 1.7 miles and our destination will be on the right.  This is a brand new location that Salty’s opened up in August.  So it will be a new location but the same great BBQ!  See the map below.  (Total mileage: 127 miles)

http://saltysbbq.com/

Salty’s was featured on the Food Network’s Diners, Drive-ins and Dives with Guy Fieri a few years back so I have been looking forward to making this trip once again and enjoying some good BBQ….other than my own of course! LOL! Jeff Salters, the owner, has several choices of meat to choose from as well as sides.

After lunch we will travel through the parking lot and get onto Downing Avenue and at the traffic light we will turn left and head south on Coffee Road and back to Highway 58 where we will make a right turn at the traffic light.  We will travel 10 miles until we come to Highway 43 at Cladwell Corners where we will turn right at the 4-way stop sign.  We will travel 1.0 mile and we will make a left turn at the 3-way stop sign and head west on Highway 58.  This will take us to McKittrick and we pick up Highway 33 south for a short distance before picking up Highway 58 and head west to Santa Margarita where we will stop at the park (106 miles from Salty’s) for a break and to say our goodbyes.  This will be our termination point for the ride. From here it is 40.3 miles back to Santa Maria.  See the map below.  (Total mileage: 146 miles from Salty’s)

Total mileage for this ride is 270 miles and 5 hours 12 minutes ‘riding’ time.

Please let me know if you have any questions at 805.757.9202.

Phil ‘Rain Man’ Rietz