Monica A
Junior Member
I did it! I got away with a lady rider friend for the weekend. We left Reno early Saturday morning (7:30am) and headed North into California.
We took Highway 70 to Quincy. We saw some smoke from a fire near there, but not bad.
Then we took highway 89 to Lake Almanor. It had a lot of water in it, which was nice to see since last time I was there it had a lot of exposed shoreline.
At Lake Almonor we headed west on Highway 36. This isn't the fun part, but it is scenic. Outside Shingletown we hit construction. We filtered to the front as I saw there was a pilot car. I hate following traffic in that situation. We waited 10 minutes for the pilor car (not bad considering they warned of 45 minute delays). 8.3 miles of dust, gravel, and mud. Not fun.
When we got to Red Bluff about noon it was HOT 100 degrees. We took off layers, gassed up and headed to the Holy Grail of roads Highway 36 from Red Bluff to Fortuna. So fun!!! We had a nice lunch stop at Mad River Burger Shack.
We got to our hotel in Eureka about 6pm. As we rode through town some friends of our were in town and saw us. We met up for dinner and beer at Lost Coast Brewery.
In the morning we got coffee at Black Lightning Motorcycle Cafe. Get place to stop when in Eureka. Then we headed East on Highway 299. The ongoing construction near Redding is almost done and actually a lot of fun. Fast sweeping corners, Reminds me of Spooner Summit (highway 50) outside of Carson City, NV, but not as steep.
After that a boring, but scenic ride home on Highway 44 to Susanville and then home. The hubby kept the animals alive and the house standing, so I guess it was a successful weekend. He has taken two 2-3 dirt bike rides with buddies and doing a 3-day backpacking trip with our son this weekend, so it was my turn. 3 weekends away to 1....doesn't seem fair, but life isn't fair, eh?
I'll post some pics soon. I'm off to work. Got pay for my habit....motorycling
We took Highway 70 to Quincy. We saw some smoke from a fire near there, but not bad.
Then we took highway 89 to Lake Almanor. It had a lot of water in it, which was nice to see since last time I was there it had a lot of exposed shoreline.
At Lake Almonor we headed west on Highway 36. This isn't the fun part, but it is scenic. Outside Shingletown we hit construction. We filtered to the front as I saw there was a pilot car. I hate following traffic in that situation. We waited 10 minutes for the pilor car (not bad considering they warned of 45 minute delays). 8.3 miles of dust, gravel, and mud. Not fun.
When we got to Red Bluff about noon it was HOT 100 degrees. We took off layers, gassed up and headed to the Holy Grail of roads Highway 36 from Red Bluff to Fortuna. So fun!!! We had a nice lunch stop at Mad River Burger Shack.
We got to our hotel in Eureka about 6pm. As we rode through town some friends of our were in town and saw us. We met up for dinner and beer at Lost Coast Brewery.
In the morning we got coffee at Black Lightning Motorcycle Cafe. Get place to stop when in Eureka. Then we headed East on Highway 299. The ongoing construction near Redding is almost done and actually a lot of fun. Fast sweeping corners, Reminds me of Spooner Summit (highway 50) outside of Carson City, NV, but not as steep.
After that a boring, but scenic ride home on Highway 44 to Susanville and then home. The hubby kept the animals alive and the house standing, so I guess it was a successful weekend. He has taken two 2-3 dirt bike rides with buddies and doing a 3-day backpacking trip with our son this weekend, so it was my turn. 3 weekends away to 1....doesn't seem fair, but life isn't fair, eh?
I'll post some pics soon. I'm off to work. Got pay for my habit....motorycling