DAY 3





WE LEAVE OAK RIDGE AND HEAD SOUTH THRU CRATER LAKE TO CALIFORNIA!





OK..WE HEAD SE ON HIWAY 58 BACK TO #97 AND CRATER LAKE!  58 IS NOT A BAD RIDE, A COUPLE OF PASS'S TO CLIMB AND GOOD  CURVES!.

BREAKY TIME ON 97 ! IT AINT BAD! THEY MUST BE RIGHT!

HEADING  UP TO CRATER LAKE!  THIS AREA IS GREAT ON THE BIKE! FINALLY SOME ROADS  WITH SOME  CHALLENGE! I CAN FINALLY SEE WHATS OVER THE EDGE AS ITS ALWAYS DENSE FOREST  SO FAR!


 

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BEAUTIFULL PLACE..BUT  THERES A TON OF PICS ON THE NET, SO GO LOOK THERE! :)

WE LEAVE CRATER LAKE AFTER A GOOD RIDE AROUND THE RIM AND HEAD SOUTHWEST ON 62 AND 234 TO GOLD HILL ON I-5.
THIS IS ANOTHER GREAT ROAD! ENDLESS CURVES AT DECENT SPEEDS AND GOOD PAVEMENT!
WE PASS THRU GRANTS PASS AND HEAD SOUTWEST ON 199  TO CAVE JUNCTION! DINER IN CAVE JUNCTION AND WE ARE READY FOR THE NEXT  BACKROAD!  SEEMS WE SEE A LINE ON THE MAP JUST A FEW MILES SOUTH OF CAVE JUNCTION, GOES ACROSS TO HAPPY CAMP!! WALDO ROAD ITS CALLED ON THIS END!   IT IS MARKED WITH A CA SCENIC ROUTE SIGN, SO OFF WE GO! WILL IT BE  HAPPY?? WILL SEE!!

HWY 62


HAPPY CAMP RD

THE START OF 40 MILES OF FANTASTIC TIGHT SWITCHBACKS! YAHOO..HAPPY CAMP IT IS!!!

 


 

TOP OF HAPPY CAMP RD! I DIDNT GET ANY PICS OF THE REAL GOOD HAIRPINS BECAUSE I WAS TOO BUSY LEARNING TO SCRAPE THE PEGS!  A VERY GOOD ROUTE AND HIGHLY RECCOMENDED!!
THIS WAS THE BEST PIECE OF ROAD SO FAR  FOR TWISTIES!! LOTSA FUN!!
 


OK..WE NOW MOVE ON TO HWY 96  (ABOVE) WOW!!  THIS ONE GOES ON FOR HOURS AS WE HEAD TOWARDS EUREKA CA FOR THE NIGHT!  WHAT A GREAT ROAD. ENDLESS HIGH SPEED SWEEPERS  AND  VARIOUS WICKED TIGHT CANYON SECTIONS!  SO FAR CALIFORNIA IS WINNING THE WILD ROAD COMPETION HANDS DOWN!!!
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CALE IS LOW ON FUEL AND GETTING WORRIED AS THE RACER THING HAS A TEENY GAS TANK! A BACKWOOD STORE AND GRAB SOME FUEL AND GET OUT QUICK!! WE BOTH ARE AVERAGING ABOUT 55 CND MPG...BUT I HOLD  OVER A GALLON MORE....:)

THEN WE TURN EAST ON 299 AND THIS HAS A GOOD PASS TO CROSS AND MORE HIGH SPEED TURNS! WOW!  MY ARMS ARE SORE  AND IM ACTUALLY TIRED FROM TURNING ALL DAY!
FROM CAVE JUNCTION IT HAS BEEN NNOTHING BUT  HAIRPINS, SWEEPERS AND PASS'S FOR 4 HRS! GREAT!!
THIS SECTION IS THE WINNER SO FAR!!
 

ANYWAY..WE END UP IN EUREKA CA FOR THE NIGHT..



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