The following Batting Practice schedule will be in place for the 2016 Houston Astros Home Games. - Astros BP to start at 4:45 p.m. for 7:10 p.m. game times before September 1st. - Astros BP to start at 4:35 p.m. for 7:10 p.m. game times after September 1st.
Pico de Veleta - The Highest Road in Europe. Climbing the Pico de Veleta is one of the great cycling challenges in Europe. The mountain is the third highest peak in Spain, and also the highest paved road in Europe. It perhaps lacks the fame of Tourmalet, Ventoux or Alpe d'Huez; but Veleta is longer and tougher than all of them. Veleta is in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Andalucia, with the climb beginning in the city of Granada.
Pin on PinterestShare on LinkedInShare on Google+. Along Highway 101 between Los Angeles and the Bay Area, cast metal bells spaced one or two miles apart mark what is supposedly a historic route through California: El Camino Real. Variously translated as the royal road, or, more freely, the king's highway, El Camino Real was indeed among the state's first long-distance, paved highways. But the road's claim to a more ancient distinction is less certain.