Dave Bennett
Adventurist
I wanted to do some exploring on my KLR today so I headed out from Murrieta along Grand Ave toward Lake Elsinore and the Ortega Highway/74. Ortega Highway is very popular with motorcyclists, but I was looking for dirt 
On top of the 74 I hit the South Main Divide road and started following the roads using GPS, heading back toward Murrieta through the back country. The road changed names a few times (S. Main Divide, Killen Rd, Tenaja, Via Volcano to Clinton Keith) and the views were spectacular. No one else back there but me
You can do this route in an afternoon, about 50 miles round this loop and all hardball with LOTS of options to explore dirt along the way - which I did, of course. Nothing like the back country on a dual sport!
San Mateo Canyon Wilderness
Above Lake Elsinore
On a road less travelled!
GPS makes things easy, always nice to know which road you're on!
Tenaja Road
On top of the 74 I hit the South Main Divide road and started following the roads using GPS, heading back toward Murrieta through the back country. The road changed names a few times (S. Main Divide, Killen Rd, Tenaja, Via Volcano to Clinton Keith) and the views were spectacular. No one else back there but me
You can do this route in an afternoon, about 50 miles round this loop and all hardball with LOTS of options to explore dirt along the way - which I did, of course. Nothing like the back country on a dual sport!
San Mateo Canyon Wilderness
Above Lake Elsinore
On a road less travelled!
GPS makes things easy, always nice to know which road you're on!
Tenaja Road
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