My Last Night in California

The bike is loaded and I am doing laundry. Sherita is cooking dinner. I picked up a load today going to Salt Lake City. My next leg of this west coast trip will eventually get to Boise where I will visit my uncle.

My weekend here in Roseville - just outside Sacramento - was excellent. Finally, I got some typical California weather - 80s, sunny and no humidity; perfect for motorcycling.

Yesterday we rode into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains - about 2500' above sea level from the 165' in Roseville. The little town we ate lunch in happen to be having a huge antique car show with several hundred cars - and lots of people.



We found some twisty roads and eventually ended up where the north fork and south fork of the American River meet. There was a helicopter and several rescue personnel looking for a swimmer who, unsuccessfully, tried to cross the rapidly flowing water.



Once back home, we changed clothes, loaded molly - her almost 14 y/o yellow lab - into her cart and walked three blocks to a Mexican restaurant where a pitcher of Margarita's made everything OKAY. They allowed Molly on the sidewalk next to the patio where we ate.

This morning I ran 40 miles up hwy 50 and loaded a pick-up truck and then came back to the house. It was a lazy afternoon, first at the local RV dealer looking at campers and then back home doing laundry and loading the bike. There are lots more pictures HERE but remember - right-click and open in a new window or you will leave this page.

Tomorrow morning I'm back on the road again. I will try to find something to get me to Boise from Salt Lake City. One option may be to go to Portland, OR which will take me thru Boise. A bonus to this plan is that I have yet another cousin up there. We'll see.