Wheaton finally rides to California

[James Burleigh]

To those that have said they would put me up for the night...there are NOW THREE of us riding together. I/We wouldn't want to take advantage of you guys like that...so unless your place is a huge ranch with lots of space, we wouldn't want to impose like that. PMs being sent shortly.

We still want to meet up with you on this trip and ride with you though. :clapping:

You're welcome to stay at the Honderosa. Really.

 

[Panman]

Given the oral/verbal back and forth by barb and Tyler in this thread, I can definitely use another wingman. I have a feeling barb and Tyler would chew me up and spit me out...if I was alone.

You're such a weenie... scared of a coupla girls. :lol:

They should be! Look at that wig you made me wear.

You guys are cracking me up I signed on to see if ya all was still doin Alice's and now I forgot why I signed on!

 

[wheatonFJR]

To those that have said they would put me up for the night...there are NOW THREE of us riding together. I/We wouldn't want to take advantage of you guys like that...so unless your place is a huge ranch with lots of space, we wouldn't want to impose like that. PMs being sent shortly.

We still want to meet up with you on this trip and ride with you though. :clapping:

You're welcome to stay at the Honderosa. Really.

THANKS!! Changing my plans right now....

HEY! Yer not dcarver....

 

[Tyler]

They should be! Look at that wig you made me wear.

I made you wear? Really?? Yeah, it was such a fight to get that on you... :lol:

 

[wheatonFJR]

I made you wear? Really?? Yeah, it was such a fight to get that on you... :lol:

Condoms??

 

[airboss]

They should be! Look at that wig you made me wear.

I made you wear? Really?? Yeah, it was such a fight to get that on you... :lol:

I made you wear? Really?? Yeah, it was such a fight to get that on you... :lol:

Condoms??

Think we need photo documentation on this one?

 

[Tyler]

They should be! Look at that wig you made me wear.

I made you wear? Really?? Yeah, it was such a fight to get that on you... :lol:

I made you wear? Really?? Yeah, it was such a fight to get that on you... :lol:

Condoms??

Think we need photo documentation on this one?

 

[airboss]

Ask and ye shall receive. :dribble:

Sorry I asked.

 

[Tyler]

Ask and ye shall receive. :dribble:

Sorry I asked.

You know how the saying goes... be careful of what you wish for... you may get it.

 

[escapefjrtist]

Wow...and to think I was there to witness that! Nice looking couple though...I think the boys had a few by then :lol:

--G

 

[Panman]

Wow...and to think I was there to witness that! Nice looking couple though...I think the boys had a few by then :lol:

--G

G-man yours is coming, T-lady just not sure? The prim and proper scoter pic or the wild eyed biker gale........... I'll wait a bit.

 

[beemerdons]

Good Morning Mark,

Niehart and No One have found out that the Yamaha Super Tenere's will not deliver until June. This is great news in that it will let me get to visit you guys in California.

I have to talk to Seth's Mom Jean first in order to switch our custody days of Seth around, but I do hope to be able to ride with you and the NorCal Cretins for 3 days!!

Damn, now Mama Yamaha pushed the release out to June.

Ive been doing good home work.. The dealer computer says June on the first ones... My dealer has told me there is still a good chance they call us in " MAY "... just FYI.......

My thought is this, they never said the first of May... they just said May... So to me what the big difference in the end of the month of May and the first of June....... LOL I'm optimistic! LOL Heck, at least we get the darn thing.... If I have to wait a few more days to come in, that's just a few more bucks I can save to pay for it... :yahoo:

Saludos No One, Por favor, do your Papa Chuy Viejo a big favor and run my Priority Delivery Order #: 156491. Muchas Gracias, Mi Amigo y Compadre!!! Recuerdos, Don

 

[beemerdons]

Good Morning Beautiful Miss Tyler,

In Post #171 I have let Wheatie know that his Papa Chuy will be riding with him for three days. Is your Itinerary below from January 7 still the "Real Deal"? If so, I will ride over on Thursday 5/19 from "The Valley of the Blast Furnace" and get cheap lodging next to the intersection of 101 and 46. Wheatie: My cellphone is 480-440-4666.

Friday 5/20 I'll stay with my friend Marlin Noel, she has a house on Seacliff Beach in Aptos. Then I will stay at your other recommendations and blast home MON 5/23.

I've sent Mark a more detailed route but here's a general recap:

WEDNESDAY, May 18

If Honderosa is not available, suggested lodging at Adelaide Inn, 1215 Ysabel Avenue, Paso Robles. Dinner at Big Bubba’s Bad BBQ.

THURSDAY, May 19

Dcarver ride – if Carver isn’t available, you MUST ride 229 (aka Rossi’s Driveway)… probably several times!! Consider staying in Cambria at The Cambria Palms Motel, 2662 Main Street. Motorcycle friendly place, nice owners. Walk to Mexican restaurant down the street for dinner. Consider the Hearst Castle Tour. Another attraction – Nitt Witt Ridge, the poor man’s Hearst Castle (look it up!).

FRIDAY, May 20

• Meet in Paso Robles @ junction of 101 and 46 East - route will include Vineyard, Peachy Canyon, Chimney Rock, Jolon Rd, 25 - likely he'll stay with Highlander

SATURDAY, May 21

• Hwy 9 (direction dependent upon where staying that evening) - Alice's for breakfast, 84, Pescadero Rd, Stage Rd, make way to GG Bridge (Marin Headlands route), some Marin/Occidental/Russian River backroads (depending on time/energy), stay at Hampton Inn & Suites, 8937 Brooks Rd South, Windsor

SUNDAY, May 22 – several options

• 101 to Dry Creek Rd.

• Dry Creek becomes Skaggs Spring

• Stop at bridge – Annapolis Rd. to Hwy 1

OR

• 101 to 128 to Hwy 1

OR

• Backtrack out 116 to Hwy 1

• North Hwy 1 – lunch in Mendocino or Ft. Bragg

• Continue Hwy 1 north into Leggett

• Hwy 101 North into Fortuna – Avenue of the Giants too!

• Stay at Comfort Inn, 1583 Riverwalk Drive, Fortuna, CA

MONDAY - the Northern contingent takes over from here B)

 

[wheatonFJR]

Good Morning Beautiful Miss Tyler,

In Post #171 I have let Wheatie know that his Papa Chuy will be riding with him for three days. Is your Itinerary below from January 7 still the "Real Deal"? If so, I will ride over on Thursday 5/19 from "The Valley of the Blast Furnace" and get cheap lodging next to the intersection of 101 and 46. Wheatie: My cellphone is 480-440-4666.

Friday 5/20 I'll stay with my friend Marlin Noel, she has a house on Seacliff Beach in Aptos. Then I will stay at your other recommendations and blast home MON 5/23.

Hey Mr Don Stanley,

I have kept post #1 updated with the current itinerary as we know it. I know griff has some reservations still to make away from the group dates, but you should contact my personal assistant griff if you want more information...as he is making the reservation for this 2011 - 3 Jokers Run.

Tyler has made lots of plans to enable us to see some great roads and meet bunches of our California FJR friends...and for that we thank her. She has also made suggestions for motels when we are away from the group...however, we may be staying at some less expensive motels as we are tight-fisted *******s who are trying to make this trip more affordable. As evidence, we are typically staying 3 to a room with me on a sleeping bag on the floor. This may last for awhile until airboss gets tired of tripping over me on the way out the door to get a smoke.

In any event, keep your eye on updates to post#1, and contact griff regarding the reservations. It will be good to see you and ride with you...only a couple months away now! :clapping:

Are you going to go meet us up in the canyons of Utah and go through Death Valley with us? Or are you going to meet us in southern California? Either way, I'm sorry your new bike delivery got delayed...but glad I'm gonna have a chance to ride a ways with you. It sounds like we're gonna have a CONVOY, rubber duck...

 

[beemerdons]

Good Morning griff,

I am addressing this post directly to you, since you are obviously "The Brains" of this Rolling Illinois Cluster Feck! My plan is to ride with you guys on Friday starting off from either Paso Robles or Cambria, your call. Then peeling off from your group to get to the San Jose California Airport by 1800 hours to pickup my Girlfriend Donna flying in from PHX.

Saturday morning, Donna and I will ride North with the Group to Windsor and spend the night. Repeat on Sunday night by spending the night in Fortuna. On Monday, Donna and I will leave early in order to get her back to San Jose for her 1500 hours flight back home to Chandler. [email protected] or 480-440-4666 Please keep me in your loop!

Good Morning Beautiful Miss Tyler,

In Post #171 I have let Wheatie know that his Papa Chuy will be riding with him for three days. Is your Itinerary below from January 7 still the "Real Deal"? If so, I will ride over on Thursday 5/19 from "The Valley of the Blast Furnace" and get cheap lodging next to the intersection of 101 and 46. Wheatie: My cellphone is 480-440-4666.

Friday 5/20 I'll stay with my friend Marlin Noel, she has a house on Seacliff Beach in Aptos. Then I will stay at your other recommendations and blast home MON 5/23.

Hey Mr Don Stanley,

I have kept post #1 updated with the current itinerary as we know it. I know griff has some reservations still to make away from the group dates, but you should contact my personal assistant griff if you want more information...as he is making the reservation for this 2011 - 3 Jokers Run.

Tyler has made lots of plans to enable us to see some great roads and meet bunches of our California FJR friends...and for that we thank her. She has also made suggestions for motels when we are away from the group...however, we may be staying at some less expensive motels as we are tight-fisted *******s who are trying to make this trip more affordable. As evidence, we are typically staying 3 to a room with me on a sleeping bag on the floor. This may last for awhile until airboss gets tired of tripping over me on the way out the door to get a smoke.

In any event, keep your eye on updates to post#1, and contact griff regarding the reservations. It will be good to see you and ride with you...only a couple months away now! :clapping:

Are you going to go meet us up in the canyons of Utah and go through Death Valley with us? Or are you going to meet us in southern California? Either way, I'm sorry your new bike delivery got delayed...but glad I'm gonna have a chance to ride a ways with you. It sounds like we're gonna have a CONVOY, rubber duck...

 

[beemerdons]

Just for grins and giggles, I brought Wheatie's first post forward for ease of viewing and because I'm basically lazy! I will plan on booking Donna and I on April 1, Fool's Day, just in case there are any further changes of lodging locations!

REVISED AND UPDATED with RESERVED MOTEL ROOMS 2/11/11

The purpose of this thread is just to let people know my plans for the trip out to Kali this upcoming May...so I can meet up with you guys as I get out there.

As of right now I have both airboss and griff taking this trip with me, splitting motel costs. The three amigos...me with my brother Karl/airboss and my other brother Carl/griff.

The weekend of May 20, 21, 22 Tyler has posted plans for meeting places and plans for rides/gatherings for Friday night <clicky>, Saturday breakfast <clicky>, Saturday night <clicky>, and Sunday night <clicky>, with LOTS of good riding and socializing throughout. Thanks Tyler for planning all that! :clapping:

Although I have my Gazetteer out to figure out the good roads in NorCal, Rich/exskibum, Tyler and others have provided great route ideas and suggestions. If someone is free and wants to ride those roads during the week, keep an eye on this thread for itinerary updates.

Revised itinerary...

Sat May14 Leave Wheaton for Denver area

Sun May15 Leave Denver area for Bryce Canyon

Mon May16 Stay in the area and end up in Zion, or pass thru Zion and head to just east/north of Death Valley area.

Tues May17 Leave in AM thru Death Valley for Goleta area...visit and stay with my Dad. My brothers Karl/Carl to stay in local motel.

Wed May18 Breakfast with Dad...then head north and ride with dcarver?? let him show off favorite roads?? Stay at this motel: Paso Robles Travelodge

Thu May19 Head north with Carver?? and meet up with Highlander??...let them show off favorite roads. Stay overnight at Paso Robles Travelodge

Fri May20 Strike out from Paso Robles, meet up and ride with Tyler and other riders on some great roads! Stay Friday night at:

Vagabond Inn

3580 El Camino Real

Santa Clara, CA 95051

(408) 241-0771

www.vagabondsc.com‎

<clicky>,

Sat May21 Meet with others at Alice's for breakfast <clicky>...then ride some great roads with friends then head north and over the GG Bridge and into Marin or Russian River area and then over to Bodega Bay and stay at the Bodega Coast Inn & Suites Saturday night<clicky>

Sun May22 Rise up bright and cheery and have a great ride with our friends up Hwy 1 (Skaggs to 101 and along the Avenue of the Giants)and into Fortuna staying with others at the:

**Fortuna Super 8

1805 Alamar Way

Fortuna, CA 95540

(707) 725-2888

www.super8fortuna.com‎

<clicky>

Mon May23 Leave with other Norcal riders from the Fortuna base, go north on 101 from Fortuna lodgings to 299 east to Willow Creek. Then north on 96 along the Klamath River to just above Yreka. Then south out of Yreka on 3 to 299 west. 299 west to 101 south and back to Fortuna for more rest, food, alcoholic beverages. Stay with others at either the Comfort Inn or the Super 8...across the parking lot (stumbling distance) from the Eel River Brewery.

The above should look something like this...

The "zoomed in" area roads look like this...

Tues May24 Head east from Fortuna with other Norcal riders, 36 east all the way to 89. South on 89 to Graeagle, where you take Gold Lakes Road to 49 at Bassetts. West and south on 49 to AUBURN.

Wed May25 Following Rich's guide tour...EARLY, we take 49 south to Sonora (maybe meet others at the Jamestown Chevron), where we proceed east over Sonora Pass (108) to 395 north to a good lunch spot right on 395 in Walker. Then it's north on 395 to Topaz Lake for gasoline, where we backtrack south about 2 miles to 89 west over Monitor Pass (it should be open by then). IF Ebbetts Pass (4) is open, we make a left to ride Ebbetts to Murphys and then back to 49 north from there. If Ebbetts is not open, we go right through Markleeville to 88 west, either to Mormon Emigrant trail north to 50 or to Jackson, or 89 north over Luther pass to 50 west to Icehouse Road to Wentworth Springs Road to Georgetown to 193 to 49 back to Auburn area. (again- subject to roads being open, and this could be done in reverse). Will refine as date approaches and we know about the pass openings. Stay overnight at ??????

Thu May 26 Following Rich around...Meet at Starbucks in Auburn. Ride old Highway 40 route over Donner Summit (by Sugar Bowl and Donner Lake) to 89 south along the Truckee River to Tahoe City and then east to The Landing in Kings Beach for lunch. Then east on 28 and Lakeshore Drive through Incline Village to do the east side of the Lake. Through South Lake Tahoe to 89 north past Emerald Bay and on to Tahoe City to Truckee, back over Donner via 40 west, but on way back, Norton Grade and Placer Hills Road are on the agenda before taking you through the beautiful green hills toward Lincoln (I have a couple great routes toward Lincoln I can lead you down that are gorgeous into the afternoon sun with everything green that time of the spring.)

I meet up with my Uncle in Lincoln and stay there while griff and airboss stay at a local motel.

Fri May27 Leave my Uncle's in Lincoln, meet up with griff, and part ways with airboss as he heads north to Washington to visit relatives, and griff and I head for eastern Nevada or Utah.

Sat May28 Leave Nevada/Utah for Denver

Sun May29 Leave Denver for Wheaton

Mon May30 Go to Memorial Day parade...and relax/take a nap.

Hope to see some of you as we pass thru. :clapping:

I will update this first post with locations and more detail in itinerary periodically.

 

[wheatonFJR]

Hey Don,

Per post#1, we'll be starting from the Paso Robles Travel Lodge and meeting up with Tyler who is staying elsewhere in Paso Robles, giving her a few hugs and then riding a route that she has got set up for the day. If I were you, I would get your Irish butt down to Paso Robles and kiss Tyler's feet and ask nice like if you can ride along with her.

If you want to know the current status of the itinerary...keep your eyes glancing at post#1 now and then. I think the portion of the trip you are joining us on is pretty well set, though. Bring some good beer with you again...that Canadian beer in Nakusp was pretty darn good, eh?

 

[beemerdons]

Hey Don,

Per post#1, we'll be starting from the Paso Robles Travel Lodge and meeting up with Tyler who is staying elsewhere in Paso Robles, giving her a few hugs and then riding a route that she has got set up for the day. If I were you, I would get your Irish butt down to Paso Robles and kiss Tyler's feet and ask nice like if you can ride along with her.

If you want to know the current status of the itinerary...keep your eyes glancing at post#1 now and then. I think the portion of the trip you are joining us on is pretty well set, though. Bring some good beer with you again...that Canadian beer in Nakusp was pretty darn good, eh?

Thanks Wheatie, I took the first step and have Donna booked flying into Oakland International Airport. I couldn't get her on a non-stop to SJC, she would've had a 6 hour flight changing planes in either Salt Lake City or Los Angeles. Her Brothers Chris and Tony live in San Leandro, CA; that's Donna's hometown where she was raised and went to High School. If I am running late on Friday, they will pick her up for me. If I arrive early on Monday, I will drop her off at their home; keep on rolling to AZ.

wheatonFJR, There are multiple points on Tyler's Irish Anatomy that Papa Chuy would love to kiss, but her feet are aways down the list; around #6 or #7, perhaps even further down if I get hung up for awhile on locations #1 and #2!!!

Departing Flight Information - Friday, May 20, 2011

Flight 623

1h 59m, 644 mi

From

Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl Airport (PHX)

Phoenix, AZ

Departs: 4:40 PM

To

Metropolitan Oakland Intl Airport (OAK)

Oakland, CA

Arrives: 6:39 PM

Aircraft

Airbus A319 (Jet)

Economy/Coach Class

Returning Flight Information - Monday, May 23, 2011

Flight 624

1h 52m, 644 mi

From

Metropolitan Oakland Intl Airport (OAK)

Oakland, CA

Departs: 7:20 PM

To

Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl Airport (PHX)

Phoenix, AZ

Arrives: 9:12 PM

Aircraft

Airbus A319 (Jet)

Economy/Coach Class

 

[Old Michael]

... There are multiple points on Tyler's Irish Anatomy that Papa Chuy would love to kiss, but her feet are aways down the list; around #6 or #7, perhaps further down if I get hung up for awhile on locations #1 and #2!!!

Don, it's not like you don't have permission.

Hell, a couple of times, I've heard Tyler offer you encouragement -

"Hey Don. Kiss my ***!"

 

[beemerdons]

... There are multiple points on Tyler's Irish Anatomy that Papa Chuy would love to kiss, but her feet are aways down the list; around #6 or #7, perhaps further down if I get hung up for awhile on locations #1 and #2!!!

Don, it's not like you don't have permission.

Hell, a couple of times, I've heard Tyler offer you encouragement -

"Hey Don. Kiss my ***!"

Been There, Done That, Got The T-Shirt!