Topic: Another "Guys Only" ride...... (Read 13853 times)

JCZ · « **on:** December 17, 2011, 11:44:48 PM »

Maybe we should call it the He Man Woman Haters Club like the Lil Rascals.

Rolled big blue out of the garage at about 6:15 a.m. this morning. Temp was right at 32F and while it wasn't to awful foggy right here in Elk Grove, as I crossed the Sacramento River on I-80 it was serious foggy. By the time I got to the Yolo Causeway, I was following the tailights (as far back as I could be and still see their tail lights.....about 100 feet) of the car in front of me at about 40 mph in the fast lane. It was foggy.

By the time I was passing through Dixon, I stopped for a break (mostly eye strain) and took these pics....

It was much easier to see with the flash of my camera......and I knew that it would start being a bit lighter in the next 10-15 minutes. I continued on down the freeway to the start point in Cordelia hoping the fog would lift quickly as it got lighter and lighter.

This is the temp after I'd been on the road for 45 minutes. Warming up to a balmy 34-36F...

Andy was already at Denny's having arrived about ten minutes earlier. We had breakfast and conversation. Jeff rolled in just before departure time.

A couple pics I took of the paint on Jeff's bike. This painter really is a talented guy......

Full bellies, fueled up, it's time to roll...headed out Suisan Valley Rd. and the fog had pretty much lifted....

JCZ · « **Reply #1 on:** December 17, 2011, 11:45:58 PM »

First glimpse of Lake Berryessa. Our ride will take us north along the west side of the lake, on a road that none of the three of us had ever been on before.

Andy and Jeff sheding some of the layers.....

uh-oh.......playing that double yellow way to close....flirtin with disaster

was pretty interesting.....seeing a whole flock of ducks take flight from the lake all at the same time.....almost looked automated.

JCZ · « **Reply #2 on:** December 17, 2011, 11:47:35 PM »

the cowboys were out early for a day ride around the lake

but the cowgirls were waiting for no man.....

Leaving the lake behind.....our road gets more and more interesting... you really want to pay attention to all the signs on this road!

Jeff and Andy up front.....I'm pulling up the rear....

JCZ · « **Reply #3 on:** December 17, 2011, 11:48:47 PM »

JCZ · « **Reply #4 on:** December 17, 2011, 11:49:37 PM »

How does the wildlife know to stay on the dirt of the overcrossing?

Aahhhhhhh......we're coming back out into civilization.....

a beautiful pit bull keeping an eye on me from the backseat of the jeep

Lower Lake, California

The day started out very cold and very foggy but turned out to be a beautiful day and a great ride......very little traffic on our journey.

Have to take a break for now......I'll post more later.

LovemyCVOgirl · « **Reply #5 on:** December 18, 2011, 12:01:13 AM »

I am so jealous

Ironhorse · « **Reply #6 on:** December 18, 2011, 12:44:18 AM »

Looks like you guys all had a great time. JC I gotta learn to take pictures on the fly like you do.

Mark

JCZ · « **Reply #7 on:** December 18, 2011, 01:03:55 AM »

We rolled right on through Lower Lake and on to Clear Lake.

Clearlake's version of a cruise in...

and we take Hwy. 16 back south, down through the Capay Valley.....

JCZ · « **Reply #8 on:** December 18, 2011, 01:04:36 AM »

Ohh, look here. Before you know it we're at the Cache Creek Indian Casino......might as well stop.

Jim.....we found your Metal Dragon.......hanging from the roof of the Asian restaurant at Cache Creek Casino.

Jeff....workin the dime slots....

We have a winner......paid 1,260 dimes!

Down out of the hills and across the fertile farm lands of the Sacramento Valley to Winters, California. We split up at the freeway, Andy and Jeff heading south and I continue on east on Russell Blvd. to Davis, Calif. where I catch the freeway back through Sacramento and on to Elk Grove.

Yes, it was a great day for a ride and right at 220 miles it ended a great day!

Skillet · « **Reply #9 on:** December 18, 2011, 03:05:19 AM »

Man what a scenic ride that was. Thanks for posting and glad it turned out well.

JR · « **Reply #10 on:** December 18, 2011, 09:03:58 AM »

Wow! Wish I had that scenery in my back yard!!! Awesome ride and pictures with great friends! Looks like we enjoyed the day together...2116 miles apart!

99c5pilot · « **Reply #11 on:** December 18, 2011, 09:21:30 AM »

Makes me wish I lived in an area that had no snow....... Pictures were great and felt like I rode with you after going through them all.

Chains · « **Reply #12 on:** December 18, 2011, 09:52:08 AM »

Thanks for the wonderful pictures, felt like I was there.

ak · « **Reply #13 on:** December 18, 2011, 10:31:21 AM »

Yesterday morning I left home 6am to meet JC for a much needed ride day. Took 1 1/2 hour to get to Denny,s (start point) . AT 6 am mid to high 30,s at 6;45 still cold and ran into thick wet fog. By 8;45 it was PRIME TIME as seen in photo,s. JC thanks for not posting that you canceled ride via e-mail or post at 7;30 AM . Great Day Ride-AK

Fired00d · « **Reply #14 on:** December 18, 2011, 10:34:48 AM »

Quote from: ak on December 18, 2011, 10:31:21 AM

Yesterday morning I left home 6am to meet JC for a much needed ride day. Took 1 1/2 hour to get to Denny,s (start point) . AT 6pm mid to high 30,s at 6;45 still cold and ran into thick wet fog. By 8;45 it was PRIME TIME as seen in photo,s. JC thanks for not posting that you canceled ride via e-mail or post at 7;30PM . Great Day Ride-AK

Ride Safe,
Fired00d

Master Guns · « **Reply #15 on:** December 18, 2011, 10:50:17 AM »

Nice ride and thanks for sharing. Keep those pictures coming!

JCZ · « **Reply #16 on:** December 18, 2011, 10:56:51 AM »

Quote from: ak on December 18, 2011, 10:31:21 AM

Yesterday morning I left home 6am to meet JC for a much needed ride day. Took 1 1/2 hour to get to Denny,s (start point) . AT 6 am mid to high 30,s at 6;45 still cold and ran into thick wet fog. By 8;45 it was PRIME TIME as seen in photo,s. JC thanks for not posting that you canceled ride via e-mail or post at 7;30 AM . Great Day Ride-AK

Some people are dreamers and some people are doers. This forum is full of doers..........but every once in awhile a dreamer stumbles in here.

Great ride Andy and Jeff.....look forward to the next one. See you guys for the Easyriders Bike Show in a few weeks. Lookin forward to seeing everybody else, too

Chuck Pryor · « **Reply #17 on:** December 18, 2011, 11:17:34 AM »

That's a great road JC... we should go back in the spring. It's a little greener and the water a little higher.

VANAMAL · « **Reply #18 on:** December 18, 2011, 11:57:03 AM »

Thanks for sharing the pics. Im not familiar with this area at all- it looks great. Only thing missing was me. Im not working much until feb or march so ill try to catch up with you guys. See you at show in sac if its not raining. We could do a bikini beach ride from santa barbara south.

ak · « **Reply #19 on:** December 18, 2011, 12:04:06 PM »

Quote from: VANAMAL on December 18, 2011, 11:57:03 AM

Thanks for sharing the pics. Im not familiar with this area at all- it looks great. Only thing missing was me. Im not working much until feb or march so ill try to catch up with you guys. See you at show in sac if its not raining. We could do a bikini beach ride from santa barbara south.

Van- You still trying to show off your bikini, summer will be here soon lol

Buy early · « **Reply #20 on:** December 18, 2011, 02:37:13 PM »

Looks like a beautiful ride JC! Thanks for sharing.

ak · « **Reply #21 on:** December 18, 2011, 02:56:57 PM »

Quote from: ak on December 18, 2011, 12:04:06 PM

Van- You still trying to show off your bikini, summer will be here soon lol

just kidding Your nor-cal and so.-cal

red ben59 · « **Reply #22 on:** December 18, 2011, 03:00:51 PM »

JC, Thanks for sharing. As usual great pics'

1sharprdkg · « **Reply #23 on:** December 18, 2011, 03:47:12 PM »

In those last few pics of the big fields, what crops do the farmers normally grow? In Florida they grow strawberries in raised bed rows like that. Great looking ride, I to wish I was there.

The Bolvine Gigolo! · « **Reply #24 on:** December 18, 2011, 04:16:15 PM »

Great Pic's JC wish I could have gone should be riding by March, Those Cowboys are rounding up all the Calves born for ear tagging and finding out how many are still alive that haven't been eaten by Coyotes and wolves. Andy why aren't you riding the SERG looks like your having the same problem I was just not feeling it! We're going to try and make it to EasyRider next month.

ak · « **Reply #25 on:** December 18, 2011, 05:08:03 PM »

Quote from: iselbulls on December 18, 2011, 04:16:15 PM

Great Pic's JC wish I could have gone should be riding by March, Those Cowboys are rounding up all the Calves born for ear tagging and finding out how many are still alive that haven't been eaten by Coyotes and wolves. Andy why aren't you riding the SERG looks like your having the same problem I was just not feeling it! We're going to try and make it to EasyRider next month.

Don- I,ve got 1800 mile left on rear tire and same for 10k service . I,m trying to burn tire and miles so Jim can Do the Do and I,m Ready for Spring and part of summer got some trips to do-AK

2k · « **Reply #26 on:** December 18, 2011, 05:46:59 PM »

Man that looks like a great road. Lots of great roads around, really adds to it when they are not heavily traveled.

faceracer · « **Reply #27 on:** December 18, 2011, 08:35:15 PM »

JC great pics! That was a real flashback! I remember coming down that narrow road to Lake Berryessa with the Sac hog chapter about 25 bikes. Many were actually bitching about the road being rough! I was smiling ear to ear and love that ride! Thanks for the memory!!!!

JR · « **Reply #28 on:** December 18, 2011, 08:46:39 PM »

Quote from: 1sharprdkg on December 18, 2011, 03:47:12 PM

In those last few pics of the big fields, what crops do the farmers normally grow? In Florida they grow strawberries in raised bed rows like that. Great looking ride, I to wish I was there.

Medical Marijuana!!!

The Bolvine Gigolo! · « **Reply #29 on:** December 18, 2011, 08:56:03 PM »

Andy,
If you take all your bikes in at once none of the rest of us can get anything done, and Jim will have to get a truck load of tires

JR.
Thats not Medical Marijuana!!! we grow that in our house's!

Jock · « **Reply #30 on:** December 18, 2011, 09:02:47 PM »

JCZ · « **Reply #31 on:** December 18, 2011, 09:05:23 PM »

Quote from: 1sharprdkg on December 18, 2011, 03:47:12 PM

In those last few pics of the big fields, what crops do the farmers normally grow? In Florida they grow strawberries in raised bed rows like that. Great looking ride, I to wish I was there.

The Salinas valley (south of San Jose on Hwy. 101) is known as America's salad bowl........where they grow every kind of vegtable that you can imagine. Here in the Sacramento valley it could be pretty much anything from strawberrys, peaches, almonds, walnuts, pecans, perssimons, oranges, grapefruit, grapes, sugar beats, tomatoes, rice, alfalpha, sedan grass, sargram grass, sileage corn and probably at least a thousand others that I'm not thinking of right now. Yes, lots of strawberries in this area.

From mountains to farm land to ocean.....we've got it all and always within a couple hours ride of just about anywhere in Nor Cal. We are fortunate and blessed.

JCZ · « **Reply #32 on:** December 18, 2011, 09:10:54 PM »

Quote from: JR on December 18, 2011, 08:46:39 PM

Medical Marijuana!!!

That's a couple of counties north and west. Number one cash crop in Humboldt County is marijuana. And you don't have to have the medical cert. in that county to be in possession of less than an ounce.......no citation. Read that in the local newspaper when the Nor Cal group was staying in Willits on one of our rides a couple of years ago. Where were those county ordinances when I was young?

You trying to tell us something Jock?

WestCoastRuss · « **Reply #33 on:** December 19, 2011, 10:35:33 PM »

uh-oh.......playing that double yellow way to close....flirtin with disaster

I thought that was just "lane splitting" to the NoCal riders...

bandit · « **Reply #34 on:** December 20, 2011, 03:47:08 AM »

Looking to be an awesome ride, thanks for sharing

1sharprdkg · « **Reply #35 on:** December 20, 2011, 08:52:25 PM »

Quote from: JCZ on December 18, 2011, 09:05:23 PM

The Salinas valley (south of San Jose on Hwy. 101) is known as America's salad bowl........where they grow every kind of vegtable that you can imagine. Here in the Sacramento valley it could be pretty much anything from strawberrys, peaches, almonds, walnuts, pecans, perssimons, oranges, grapefruit, grapes, sugar beats, tomatoes, rice, alfalpha, sedan grass, sargram grass, sileage corn and probably at least a thousand others that I'm not thinking of right now. Yes, lots of strawberries in this area.

From mountains to farm land to ocean.....we've got it all and always within a couple hours ride of just about anywhere in Nor Cal. We are fortunate and blessed.

Thank you Mr.Chamber of Commerce.lol. I didn't see any "trees" to grow the walnuts,pecans,oranges,grapfruit etc. Did not produced some of the crops you listed. Thanks JC
JR good one!

JCZ · « **Reply #36 on:** December 20, 2011, 09:43:24 PM »

Quote from: 1sharprdkg on December 20, 2011, 08:52:25 PM

Thank you Mr.Chamber of Commerce.lol. I didn't see any "trees" to grow the walnuts,pecans,oranges,grapfruit etc. Did not produced some of the crops you listed. Thanks JC
JR good one!

You go to the back of the class and sit. Look at the pictures again.....you'll see the almond orchard.

Actually, kind of hard to miss.

Harley Guy · « **Reply #37 on:** December 21, 2011, 12:51:36 PM »

Nice, very nice.

Especially to us Northerners in Ohio.......riding season is over.

miker · « **Reply #38 on:** December 21, 2011, 01:19:28 PM »

Thats was the Miker ride in in early 80's with a Honda 400F out of Fairfield.... at least the water was low at the crossings...

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LovemyCVOgirl · « **Reply #39 on:** December 21, 2011, 01:21:16 PM »

Quote from: Harley Guy on December 21, 2011, 12:51:36 PM

Nice, very nice.

Especially to us Northerners in Ohio.......riding season is over.

Yep, from the cold Ohio, scoot is hibernating for the winter right now

Road_Glider · « **Reply #40 on:** December 21, 2011, 02:50:19 PM »

Great photos. Thanks for sharing. You have some nice riding right there near Sacramento and so close to Tahoe too.

GregKhougaz · « **Reply #41 on:** December 21, 2011, 03:05:22 PM »

Livin' large as always, JC!

1sharprdkg · « **Reply #42 on:** December 21, 2011, 05:03:01 PM »

Quote from: JCZ on December 20, 2011, 09:43:24 PM

You go to the back of the class and sit. Look at the pictures again.....you'll see the almond orchard. Actually, kind of hard to miss.

Ah! Just pulling your chain. I meant to type in my other post. "I did not know California grew all that stuff you listed". We don't have any almond trees around here that I know of, so I've never seen one in person. We have some pecans,walnuts,hickory nuts. Not hard to miss if you are like me and don't know what you are looking at. I enjoyed the pics anyway.

JCZ · « **Reply #43 on:** December 21, 2011, 05:35:35 PM »

Quote from: 1sharprdkg on December 21, 2011, 05:03:01 PM

Ah! Just pulling your chain. I meant to type in my other post. "I did not know California grew all that stuff you listed". We don't have any almond trees around here that I know of, so I've never seen one in person. We have some pecans,walnuts,hickory nuts. Not hard to miss if you are like me and don't know what you are looking at. I enjoyed the pics anyway.

Was just funnin with ya......you don't have to sit at the back of the class.

You might be surprised how many people back east think we all live on the beach next door to movie stars. I've been asked a number of times on my jouneys "do you know any movie stars.....have you met any". It's like "man, you gotta come out of that closet you live in.

Yep Calif. is a major agricultural state. Probably the largest agricutural university in the nation, UC Davis, is about 15 miles out of Sacramento. They do a heck of a lot of crop expermentations all over Nor Cal.

Now I wouldn't know a hickory nut or a hicory tree if I was in the middle of the orchard.

By the way, my next ride report looks to be very promising also. It's been unusually cold and unusally dry here in Nor Cal the past thrity days or so. Suppose to continue to be dry the next ten days or so. Really looking forward to this weekend.

1sharprdkg · « **Reply #44 on:** December 21, 2011, 05:51:55 PM »

Quote from: JCZ on December 21, 2011, 05:35:35 PM

Was just funnin with ya......you don't have to sit at the back of the class.

You might be surprised how many people back east think we all live on the beach next door to movie stars. I've been asked a number of times on my jouneys "do you know any movie stars.....have you met any". It's like "man, you gotta come out of that closet you live in.

Yep Calif. is a major agricultural state. Probably the largest agricutural university in the nation, UC Davis, is about 15 miles out of Sacramento. They do a heck of a lot of crop expermentations all over Nor Cal.

Now I wouldn't know a hickory nut or a hicory tree if I was in the middle of the orchard.

By the way, my next ride report looks to be very promising also. It's been unusually cold and unusally dry here in Nor Cal the past thrity days or so. Suppose to continue to be dry the next ten days or so. Really looking forward to this weekend.

Well, next time you are close to me I can show you some hickory trees in my front yard. Nice shade trees but the fallen nuts when mowing come out like bullets.PITA. We are getting plenty of rain here. I look forward to seeing pics of your next adventure.

Kingsalmon · « **Reply #45 on:** December 23, 2011, 07:11:56 PM »

Great "familiar" picks JC, I need to get back on the ride list with you guys. Duck season is over Jan 29 so after that, I will be ready to stack some miles on my "Metal Dragon" perfectly rebuilt motor.

I never get tired or riding this area, now until end of spring, that area is awesome.

DDavidson · « **Reply #46 on:** December 23, 2011, 07:19:56 PM »

Looking at your pics. Good pics but would have been better with a little yellow color in some of them.

Looking forward to some Cali riding one of these days.

Somewhat icy this last week!

JCZ · « **Reply #47 on:** December 23, 2011, 11:48:28 PM »

I called you Don. Was going to invite you and Carol to join Terrie and I. Here's a pic I took as the sun was setting over the Pacific this evening....

LovemyCVOgirl · « **Reply #48 on:** December 24, 2011, 08:25:56 AM »

Quote from: JCZ on December 23, 2011, 11:48:28 PM

I called you Don. Was going to invite you and Carol to join Terrie and I. Here's a pic I took as the sun was setting over the Pacific this evening....

WoW ! Beautiful picture JC

You and Terrie have a wonderful Christmas.

Chuck Pryor · « **Reply #49 on:** December 26, 2011, 10:59:39 PM »

Quote from: JCZ on December 23, 2011, 11:48:28 PM

I called you Don. Was going to invite you and Carol to join Terrie and I. Here's a pic I took as the sun was setting over the Pacific this evening....

JC, what a great shot!

CAP

darth davidson · « **Reply #50 on:** February 17, 2012, 03:08:16 PM »

Awesome, thanks for sharing!!!

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