Travel/POI: Glendora Mountain Road (格倫多拉山路), California USA

Glendora Mountain Road is a very scenic mountain drive in the U.S. state of California. It stretches for 34.76 km (21.6 miles), extending north from the city of Glendora (in the San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles County) to Mount Baldy (in San Bernardino County). The road is commonly known as GMR by locals.

It was a nice day on Sunday (February 19, 2023), so we decided to go for a ride and check it out. The road is fully paved, but it's quite steep. We didn’t see many cars, but there were quite a few people riding bikes up the hill. I really admire their physical strength and endurance—it's definitely not easy to ride such a steep slope all the way up.

格倫多拉山路（Glendora Mountain Road）是美國加州一條風景優美的山路。全長 34.76 公里（21.6 英里），北起格倫多拉市（位於洛杉磯縣聖加布里埃爾谷），延伸至鮑爾迪山（Mount Baldy，位於聖貝納迪諾縣）；當地人常將其簡稱為 “GMR”。

那個週日（2023 年 2 月 19 日）天氣不錯，所以我們決定開車去兜風，順便去那裡看看。路面雖然鋪設了柏油，但坡度相當陡峭。路上車輛不多，卻有不少人正騎車上山。我真的很佩服他們的體力和耐力——畢竟要一路騎上這麼陡的坡，絕非易事。

It is refreshing to look far from up high.

登高遠眺，令人心曠神怡。

Looking at the snow-capped mountains on one side, and overlooking the San Gabriel River on the other. We also found very tiny wildflowers (common stork's-bill) at our feet.

放眼望去，一邊是白雪皚皚的山峰，另一邊則俯瞰著聖加布里埃爾河（San Gabriel River）；我們還在腳邊發現了極細小的野花（芹葉牻牛兒苗）。

Mountains and river from different angles.

從不同角度看到的山川。

There are mountains, valleys and people who ride hard to climb up.

這裡有高山、深谷，還有那些奮力攀登的騎乘者。

My husband originally planned to drive to Mount Baldy via Glendora Ridge Road. However, when we got there, we found out that Glendora Ridge Road was closed, so we continued driving down Glendora Mountain Road. My husband stopped at the Oaks Picnic Area to check the map. I noticed that the stream of the San Gabriel River was clear, and watching it flow downstream was very relaxing.

我先生原本打算經由格倫多拉山脊路（Glendora Ridge Road）開車前往鮑爾迪山（Mount Baldy）。然而，當我們抵達那裡時，發現格倫多拉山脊路已經封閉，於是我們繼續沿著格倫多拉山路（Glendora Mountain Road）行駛。丈夫在橡樹野餐區（Oaks Picnic Area）停下車查看地圖。我注意到聖加布里埃爾河（San Gabriel River）的河水清澈見底，看著河水順流而下，感覺非常愜意放鬆。

While driving down the mountain, we suddenly noticed a group of people parked along the side of the road, watching something. Some were even sitting on folding chairs, eating snacks, and seemingly enjoying a good show. Driven by curiosity, we also stopped the car to see what was happening.

It turned out that a group of off-road vehicles was playing on the uneven riverbed, and one of them had gotten stuck in the mud. Several other vehicles tried to pull it out. One of them even broke down in the process and had to be towed away by another vehicle.

After a while, the vehicle that had been stuck somehow managed to drive itself out of the mud. What an interesting event to witness on a Sunday morning outing!

下山途中，我們突然發現路邊停著一群人，正聚精會神地看著什麼。有些人甚至坐在折疊椅上吃著零食，看起來像是正津津有味地欣賞著一場好戲。出於好奇，我們也停下車，想看看究竟發生了什麼事。

原來，一群越野車正在凹凸不平的河床上玩耍，其中一輛車陷進了泥淖裡。另外幾輛車試圖將它拖出來，結果在施救過程中，其中一輛車也發生了故障，不得不由另一輛車將它拖走。

過了一會兒，那輛原本陷住的車竟然自己從泥淖裡開了出來。在周日的晨間出遊中目睹這樣一幕，真是有趣！