APRIL IS HERE!! SUN PEAKS IS CLOSED AND ITS TIME FOR A ROADTRIP
 
 
 

TIME TO TRY OUT THE RAGTOP I BOUGHT AS A PROJECT LAST FALL!!
APRIL 14 WE LEAVE FOR A  TRIP DOWN THE CALIFORNIA COAST. #1,  VERY NICE TIME T0 GO. ROADS WERE DESERTED AND NOT THE PARKING LOT I HAVE BEEN IN IN THE SUMMER. BLASTED DOWN I-5  TO GET  INTO OREGON FAST AND OVER TO THE BEACHS. GLAD TO GET  PAST TACOMA AND SEATTLE AREAS...ENOUGH BIG CITY FOR ME THANKS!
 

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HEADING ACROSS TO THE OCEAN AT REEDSPORT  FROM I-5..STILL CLOUDY, TOP  IS STILL UP!! GRRR
 

BIG TREES! SUN !! TOP DOWN!!
 
 

TOP DOWN, SUN, BEACH, iI LIKE THIS!!!
FIRST VIEW OF THE OCEAN NEAR FT BRAGG ,CA HWY 1

TOOK A HR TO GET ACROSS ON A SUPER WIGGLY  ROAD THAT WOULDA BEEN A BLAST ON THE BIKE..CAR WAS FUN, BIKE WOULDA BEEN GREAT!!

WE MAKE IT TO THE OCEAN!
SOMEWHERE IN OREGON NEAR GOLD BEACH.

TOP DOWN...FEELS GOOD!

 
 
 

HERES A GUY SACRIFICING THE WIFE  TO  DINO FOR LUNCH!!! KINDA SAD!
 

IN THE DARK FOREST!

REDWOOD COUNTRY

COFFEE BREAK...LOTSA TWISTIES...CAR IS GOOD, BIKE WOULD BE GOODER!!
 

 
 

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LITTLE TRAFFIC, A FEW BIKES! ANOTHER GUY LEANING  THE WRONG WAY!
 
 

MORE BEACH..

I GET SOME FISH AND CHIPS AT THE OCEAN!

HE GETS THE LEFTOVERS!

 

DI GOES CLIFF DIVING....MENDOCINO CA.

LEAVING MENDOCINO

 
 

WINDY, BUT WOW!

SOMEWHERE IN CA.

WINDY OUT OR WHAT???

BIT DIFF THAN WHERE I HAVE BEEN ALL WINTER! AND A FAIR BIT LOWER!! CAR WOULD BE FUN OUT HERE!!

PLAYING IN THE SAND

 
 
 

IT JUST GETS BETTER!!

OCEAN FRONT FARM SEEMS WEIRD...NICE THO!

WALKING THE ROCKS , AND MR FISH  AT WORK!

NICE!!

NICE

 

JUST A BIT MORE EXPLORING!

THE STANG IS GONNA EAT IT A HOG!!

ONE  MORE GOOD FAST ONE!
 
 
 

BUT THEN IT STARTS TO GET BUSY  AT BODEGA BAY AS WE NEAR SAN FRAN..

NO THANKS!!...I AM HERE TO HAVE FUN, NOT SIT IN TRAFFIC JAMS..SO WE TURN EAST AND HEAD FOR THE DESERT...

NAPA VALLEY AREA..

HEADING OVER THE SIERRA NEVADA MTNS TO LAKE TAHOE.....SNOW YUK!! :)

MT ST RAYBOB! WOW!!

LOOKING BACK AT THE LOCAL SKI HILL  FROM RENO. I SURE WOULDNT GO UP THERE.WAY TO SCARY!! :)

TAKE A BACK ROAD  EAST OF  SACRAMENTO AND END UP AT SUTTERS MILL, SIGHT OF THE  ORIGINAL CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH STRIKE...

 

LAKE TAHOE IN THE DISTANCE.

WE SPEND  SOME TIME AND A  NIGHT IN RENO...LOOKIT ALL THOSE GREEN LIGHTS! I WANT  TO GOOOOO!

I AM BACK IN THE DESERT! NORTH NEVADA. HOT! +35  MMMMMM.

BACKROADS HEADING WEST  FROM NEVADA ACROSS TO MT SHASTA, CA  CAR GETS DIRTY, BUT VERY QUIET OUT HERE! NICE!!!
 

MY TURN...
 

HMM.COFFEE TIME...NEXT MORNING LEAVING THE MOTEL....SO I GOT IT DIRTY ON THOSE ROADS? BIG DEAL, ONLY DIRT..:)

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE  MTN AND HEADING NORTH!

KLAMATH LAKE AND MT SOMETHING IN THE DISTANCE!!
 

EVENING COMING AS WE GO BY MT HOOD AND HEAD INTO THE COLUMBIA GORGE. I LOVE RIDING  IN  GORGE  AREA! BEAUTIFULL!

HEADING BACK HOME UP THE OKANAGAN IN WASHINGTON.

ZOOM ZOOM....
 

THINK I LIKE THIS RAGTOP THING..KINDA LIKE THE BIKE A BIT ONLY WARMER...

WILL DO SOME FIDDLIN WITH IT AND LOTS MORE TRIPS I THINK.
 

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