Until today I had never climbed Old La Honda to Skyline from the west.  I usually descend it on my way to Pescadero after climbing to the ridge from the other side, but today the marine layer was pushing in and I wasn't dressed for damp and cold.  I turned around at the bottom and climbed back up in the big ring (it's not steep- the average grade is only 4.3%).  It's a comfortable climb and the view is great.  The last time I descended this side of OLH it was with friends on our Santa Cruz Gonzo Hammerfest ride. In addition to nearly freezing to death in the rain and wind, we had to negotiate our way around an obviously lost moving van, something you wouldn't ever expect to see on this road.