Pacific Airshow 2023 - Huntington Beach CA - From my e-Bike

A few years back, I really wanted to take my folks to the Pacific Airshow in Huntington Beach. I knew that it was going to be a zoo. Humanity like sands of the sea and that parking was going to be tough to find a spot. There was no place to park anywhere in the vicinity and we had to drive home which was a major disappointment.Show more

This time, I had an idea that I would ride my electric bike up the San Gabriel River Trail to Seal Beach and follow the coast through Sunset, Bolsa Chica and into Huntington Beach. The weather was marginal and a bit of rain as I felt but my phone weather app gave me the current weather in HB and I decided to risk it. I couldn't make the whole day but got to see the F-35 Lightning II flight demonstration as well as the Thunderbirds fly which was awesome!

I had some footage of my 43 mile round trip on the Fucare Libra e-Bike but the 4K clips on my DJI Osmo Action camera displayed that the 128GB micro SD card was full and I missed some great flying overhead. I had to delete those files in order to capture more of the flying aircraft.

Eventually, I switched to shooting the end of the show from my iPhone 8. It was a little cool at the beach and lots of clouds in the sky. The rain held out until I was headed back for my ride home. There was a bit of light rain as I made back to Seal Beach and for about a mile or so as I rode the bike trail and then I got ahead of the weather and then it stopped. My battery held out until about 5 miles from home. I brought a spare with me, so I swapped it out and made the last leg of my journey. It was the longest ride I have made on the eBikes and it was a lot of fun. Met some nice folks there. William Flying39