SacramentoMike
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This September 15 Ride To Eat that FJRay proposed is taking on quite a life. Lots of people are coming from all directions and it promises to rival Barb's big Vancouver Island thing and the rolling gathering we had when Wheatie and Airboss came out from Illinois last year. Latest news, if you don't know, is Beemerdons, Hot Rod Zilla, and Bustanut Joker are riding up from AZ/NM through Sacramento. As set up now, they'll stay with me one night and we'll ride on from here, probably the 13th or so.
It's too far to make LaPine, OR, from here in time for lunch, so we'll have to leave at least the day before the gathering. Bust wants to hit Las Vegas on the return route, so the northbound leg will be the only chance to show him and Zilla the glories of NoCal riding. I'm thinking 36, 101 (Edit, 'cuz it just occurred to me: include side trip up the Avenue of the Giants), and 199 Crescent City to Grants Pass. We'll have to stay somewhere that last night along the route to come into LaPine by lunch. Even from Grants Pass, LaPine is shown as a 3-hr-plus ride, but we could get there with an early start on the 13th. Don't really want to ride 199 in the dark, and especially if the point of going that way is for sightseeing.
So anyway, who wants to ride with this happy group? Meet the out-of-towners, get a reuben sandwich, see some of the PNW folks, etc. I don't think much planning beyond lunch has been done, but I'm thinking there'd be at least an overnight stay in/around LaPine and some socializing before we all disperse. It's not like we don't have time to plan for it, right? Anyway, post up if you're interested in joining up, and if you have some other ideas about not-to-be-missed north state roads to show the boys, let's hear about them, too.
It's too far to make LaPine, OR, from here in time for lunch, so we'll have to leave at least the day before the gathering. Bust wants to hit Las Vegas on the return route, so the northbound leg will be the only chance to show him and Zilla the glories of NoCal riding. I'm thinking 36, 101 (Edit, 'cuz it just occurred to me: include side trip up the Avenue of the Giants), and 199 Crescent City to Grants Pass. We'll have to stay somewhere that last night along the route to come into LaPine by lunch. Even from Grants Pass, LaPine is shown as a 3-hr-plus ride, but we could get there with an early start on the 13th. Don't really want to ride 199 in the dark, and especially if the point of going that way is for sightseeing.
So anyway, who wants to ride with this happy group? Meet the out-of-towners, get a reuben sandwich, see some of the PNW folks, etc. I don't think much planning beyond lunch has been done, but I'm thinking there'd be at least an overnight stay in/around LaPine and some socializing before we all disperse. It's not like we don't have time to plan for it, right? Anyway, post up if you're interested in joining up, and if you have some other ideas about not-to-be-missed north state roads to show the boys, let's hear about them, too.
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