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| 11JUN09/11am - ready for departure in West Sacramento... | ||||
| RuslH, SharonH, MikeL are ready... |
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| RandallM & DannieM will catch up later... Sharon leads us west out of W.Sac on the River Road to meet up with SteveB at Brown's Corner in Woodland... |
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| continuing west on 16 Sharon leads us to Cashe Creek for lunch and 1st gas stop (we all packed our lunches)... |
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| ... Sharon leads on out 16 and the detour around Esparto to 20, concentrating on keeping the rain away... dark clouds to the north... did get three drops and ride across some pieces of road that looked like it just rained... so far so good... and on to 53 to 29 to Lakeport for gas at Chevron and the pre-dinner party at the motel... and... RandallM & DannieM have caught up... |
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| ... Mike checks out Dannie's new motor-home and asks Dannie to show him her school bus endorsement on her driver's license... |
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... party party party... |
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... walk across the street to get dinner... then back to the motel in time for the duck races and the rest of the party... |
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| Friday morning, 12JUN09... | ||||
| ... walk across the street to get breakfast... then back to the motel to pack... |
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... ride on 29 to 20 to 101 to the Chevron in Laytonville then to Piercy exit... then ticket check and wrist band installation... | |
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... ride in to the upper shuttle turn-a-round where Sharon and Dannie will wait while the rest of us ride down to the river to check out a campsite... campsite found, unload bikes then give Mike a ride back up to top where he will drive Sharon's bike down through the pit and out across the river rocks and Sharon on the back of the FLSTHCI... now camp setup to be finished up by everyone else while Rusl and Steve ride into Garberville for ice and drinks... |
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nice flames, or tribals, or whatever... |
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... back from supply run to Garberville, time to go up to the pit to pick up run pin, T-shirt, and check things out... bikes... vendors... people... |
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idiot boy left the camera strap blowing in the wind... |
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campsite is easy to spot - green & white shade; neighbors Bob and Sven (Sway-yah) from Lake Taho join us... |
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turns out Mike and Bob (both Army Special Forces) were in some of the same mud... |
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| ok, time to go back up the hill for dinner, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz was up... |
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| only 17 thousand 500 and it's yours, frying pan and all... |
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heads up, more bikes coming through (road comes right through the vendor area)... |
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wondered what Sharon wanted the camera for... well diner in hand, head back to camp site... |
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almost there... |
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aaaaaaaah... home sweet home... |
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HEY! are Mike's shades on crooked??? oops... lost half of the boot sole, good boots, mine loose that much and I would be walking on a sock! |
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| and... the girls on the way back from... |
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| does not look like Babydoll will make it up to see George Thorogood... |
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likewise for Dannie... |
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well, leaving the campsite behind... Rusl and Steve head up to the Pit for... GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS... |
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lets get a little closer... |
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lets move up... |
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lets get a little closer... hmmmmmmmm... more happy balloons... |
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lets get a little closer... |
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lets move up... |
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lets get a little closer... |
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lets move up... |
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| George Thorogood: "well, I met Johnny Cash... and I met his wife... and they thought I was pretty cool... and I've got that going for me..." |
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next up... CORBY YATES BAND... outstanding guitarist! |
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| Saturday morning, 13JUN09... | ||||
Saturday morning ride to "the lost coast" featured in Fall 2008 Enthusiast
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| Good breakfast at Peppers in Fortuna . . . | ||||
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been there, done that, don't want the T-shirt |
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a little shade repair... | |||
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Sunday morning, 14JUN09... |
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| panoramic shots... |
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| south on 101... | ||||
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| lunch at Fosters Freeze in Lucerne... always good! | ||||
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tha... tha... tha... tha... that's all folks | |
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6 bikes, 6 riders, 651.0 miles = 3906 total miles |
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