It was named after William Mulholland who built the Los Angeles aquaduct and drained Owens Lake - creating a vast salt pan in the middle of the eastern Sierra Nevada range. He was (and remains) a historical rat, destroying a beautiful lake so the water hogs in Los Angeles could run their fountains and fill their swimming pools.
It is a disgrace to have anything named after this historical "figure" - so naturally if you're silly enough to ride on that particular highway you'll "get what you ask for." Flat tires are common on the Mulholland Highway. So are gravel slides, meteor strikes, alien abductions . . . you name it . . . it happens.
So although Highway 2 has nice views I suspect the River Styx does, too.
You want a good California road to ride? Try Highway 190 from Olanche to Stovepipe Wells. Highway 58 from Buttonwillow to Paso Robles. Highway 1 from San Simeon to Leggett (the whole coast). And, the best of all, Highway 36 from Fortuna to Red Bluff. Incredible and NO ALIEN ABDUCTIONS!
Posted: 10/05/2011 at 14:14
