Soundtrack: America, Ventura Highway
One day in late April, Armen quit his job, bought some saddle bags and a second daypack to wear on his chest, and pedaled west on Ventura Boulevard with grander ambitions. This time he continued into the mountains. He pedaled under the Golden State Freeway, and then under the Antelope Valley Freeway and into Santa Clarita Valley, and continued to follow the aqueducts up San Francisquito Canyon, and he pulled his bike off road near the power plant to spend the night.