Trying to get a headstart on planning for riding season, and being 2-up with another second generation Cali native who has also lived in the Bay Area and spent a lot of time at Lake Tahoe, I've taken a stab at a variation (for us at least) of Tyler's preliminary routing thoughts from post #80. If this turns out anything like Wheaties' 2011 Rolling Cali Clusterfeck, there will be riders leaving and joining the posse for different geographic and temporal parts of the festivities.
So, for an alternative that relies on Tyler's excellent suggestions to start, rolls north along Hwy 1 and then 101, but then indulges in some NW corner Trinities goodness before a ride through Lassen NP on the way south, here's another draft alternative to facilitate some further deep winter drooling:
Thurs. - Sat.* (6/1-3/17) Mariposa* (Yosemite NP, 120, etc.)
Sun. (6/4/17) Three Rivers (Kings Canyon/Sequoia NP)
Mon. (6/5/17) Cambria (via some fun backroads)
Tues. (6/6/17) S.F. (Hwy 1)
Wed. (6/7/17) Fortuna (Hwy 1, 101, Ave. of Giants, Lost Coast Rd.)
Thurs. (6/8/17) Yreka (36, 3, 299, 96)
Fri. (6/9/17) Chester/Lake Almanor (3, 299, 44, Lassen NP, 89)
Sat. (6/10/17) Grass Valley (89, Gold Lakes Rd., 49)**
* denotes nights and place of lodging
** I borrowed (stole) from Tyler's post #80, while realigning the dates in her post to begin on Thursday, June 1, in accordance with the Mariposa Lodge reservations of post #1. Note that if Tyler's post #80 dates are realigned (1 day later) with the lodging reservations of post #1, the Tahoe day of rest would fall on Sat. (6/10), an easy substitute destination for Grass Valley on my itinerary.
