Shoot, that's not far at all! Sometimes we go out to Sylmar or Wrightwood, other times we'll play Liberty or Eldo, right in your backyard. It all evens out.
9:00 in the morning. We'll generally wait a bit for stragglers - some of us have stuff we have to do in the afternoon so we generally plan to finish up by 11:30 or 12 - people with the day free can play more, natch.