Laura and I went on a nice motorcycle trip April 2 thru April 9 down Hwy 101. First we had to get out to the coast, Hwy 34 from Albany to Waldport was the perfect road to do that. All the stresses of getting ready fell off somewhere on Hwy 34. Traffic was light, as it was our whole
trip, and weather was good. We left Portland at 8:30am and had lunch in Waldport then followed Hwy 101 for 4 hours and arrived in Gold Beach at 5pm. Tuesday was spent just relaxing, it was the best way to spend the first full day of a motorcycle vacation, by not riding at
all and enjoying the coast.
Wednesday we followed the lovely 101 all the way to Guerneville which is about an hour north of San Francisco. We left Gold Beach at 9:15 and arrived at 6:30pm. The resort room we stayed at had a Pink Flamingo theme but it was very nice. Next time we want to stay on the coast however. Thursday we went on a day ride following California Route 1 up the coast toward Mendocino. It was probably the best day of riding of the whole trip, although there were no bad days of riding.
We had more great food and scenery. Laura and I had fun chasing each other on the twisties, she even said she couldn't believe she was following a 250 at one point. We were both practicing what we learned through Team Oregon and the whole trip was safe and fun.
Friday Laura was starting to not feel well and we got a late start. We left at 11:30 and followed CA 101 back up (since we liked it the first time and it is pretty quick) to Eureka where we followed CA 299 to Willow Creek. It was as far as we could make it that day and we had to
find a hotel to crash at.
Saturday Laura was sick and we had to be very careful on CA 96. It is 150 miles of 25 and 35mph twisties, challenging even when not sick. It was still very very fun, I can't wait to get back on that road. There was almost no traffic. We didn't get stuck behind a single RV the
entire trip. April is a great time to do this route. Lots of rocks and landslides though. I was trying to avoid rocks as much as possible but my tires must have kicked up a rock as one of ther fog light lenses was shattered. The bulb is fine though. Then it was about 30 miles on
I-5 to get from Yreka to Ashland.
We arrived at my parents place around 2:30pm . Our third resort stay for the trip. We enjoyed the nice weather and Easter with my family, it also gave her a chance to get better before we left on Monday morning to head back to Portland. It was a wet and windy final 267 miles on I-5 and we got home at 4pm.
Pictures are here:
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Hanna
1 comment:
Great write up Hanna, sounds like a great time!!!!
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