EP Cyclists La Vuelta Trip (19-22 June 2025)
Tuesday, June 17, 2025: Load up bikes in trailer (Fee TBD)
- Load Bikes after the EPC’s Taco Tuesday ride
- Location: Super Target, Joe Battle
- Time: 6-8 pm
Day 1 Thursday – Friday, June 19, 2025: Arriving & Pizza night
Primary Hotel: Comfort Inn Chula Vista South
Address: 91 Bonita Rd, Chula Vista, CA,
Phone: (619) 361-8397
Around $149 including Taxes (actual room $135) Per Room under “EP Cyclists as the Group Reservation, but you may find cheaper rates via online booking sites
Secondary Hotel: La Quinta Inn, Chula Vista, CA
Address: 150 Bonita Rd, Chula Vista, CA 91910
Phone: (619) 361-8397
- Trailer will arrive around 5 pm everyone assists in off- loading the bikes
- 6 pm Meeting and last Review at the swimming pool—bring swim suit.
- EP Cyclists will cover the Pizza for participants.
- Bedtime not later than 10 pm
Day 2 Friday – Saturday, June 20, 2025: First Day
Primary Hotel: Holiday Inn Oceanside
Address: 1401 Carmelo Drive, Oceanside, CA
Phone:(760) 231-7000
Secondary Hotel: Best Western Plus, Oceanside, CA
Address: 909 N Coast Hwy, Oceanside, CA 92054
Phone: (760) 721-1543
Third Hotel: Worldmark Oceanside
Address: 1301 Carmelo Dr, Oceanside, CA 92054
Phone: (760) 421-0600
Fourth Hotel: Comfort Suites Oceanside Camp Pendleton
Address: 888 N Coast Hwy, Oceanside, CA 92054
Phone: (760) 722-8880
- Around 65 miles
- Hot Breakfast will be start service at 6am
- Load trailer with luggage by 7:00 the latest
- Be ready to launch at 7:15 am
- We need to travel 17 miles to the catch the ferry by 9 am
- A group picture on the way at the Naval facility
- Ferry departs at 9:30 am
- Ferry drops us off on the other side of the bay
- Photo op at the Sailor and Nurse
- Then the fun starts
- Ride along the shoreline
- Then a climb to the skinny bridge and to beach
- Next is one of my favorite spots “La Jolla “
- 1st snack stop for “Acai bowl” something light
- A few interesting climbs are next, util we arrive to our lunch in Encinitas, CA
- Then the last 10 + miles to hotel Holiday Inn Oceanside
- This year we need to get to Camp Pendleton by 2 pm-ish to get our pass
- Back to hotel everyone assists in getting your luggage
- After a shower we head out for a cold one and some fish tacos
Day 3 Saturday, June 21, 2025: Here comes the Rollers
Primary Hotel: Holiday Inn Express Newport Beach
Address: 2300 West Coast Highway, Newport Beach
Phone: Reservations (877)-320-8457, Front Desk (949) 722-2999
Second Hotel: Extended Stay America Suites Orange County-John Wayne Airport
Address: 4881 Birch St. Newport Beach, CA
Phone: (949)851-2711
Third Hotel: Crowne Plaza Costa Mesa
Address: 3131 Bristol Street, Costa Mesa, CA,
Phone: Front Desk (714) 557-3000
- Around 50 miles
- Eat Breakfast
- Load luggage by 7:45 am
- Launch at 8 am sharp
- Roll into Camp Pendleton loud and proud. Hoorah!!!
- Mostly rollers with a few climbs
- Then Las Pulgas gate
- 10 miles of flats in side of a camping groups park
- We climb out to Dana Point
- Brunch at the Dana Point Marina
- Climb out of the Marina to 10 miles of rollers
- To Laguna beach
- More rollers
- Arrive to hotel in New Port Beach
- Shower and Uber to the boardwalk for dinner
Day 4 Sunday, June 22, 2025: Last day
- Around 55 miles
- Nice warm up along the capital of Beach Volleyball
- Through the nice areas of Long Beach
- Climb the spiral
- Photo ops
- Take the river route
- Through the port on Long Beach into the barrio
- To the last climb
- Palo Verde horse ranches, Where Tiger Wood crashed
- Nice descend to where we will have lunch at a pier a lot of different options
- The last 20 miles 99% flat but hard a long the beach
- Three days of riding and after having lunch oh well
- Pass Venice Beach where once beautiful
- Then you see the Ferris wheel on the St Monica Pier you get excited again
- Take group picture and cheers all our first timers and embrace each other with joy, Crying is optional
- Cross the street to our Hotel The Shore (no reservations made)–very cool showers
- One person checks in as your room mate loads the bikes to the Trailer on the lower levels
- Elevator are weird trust me
- Shower and dinner and few drinks
- Some people will be flying out that night, or driving out
- Others will fly out the next day
- Others stay in the area
- Others head other ways
