Characters: JC and Terrie (Sacramento), John and Kim (Oakley), Jeff (Vacaville), Clem (Petaluma), Lonnie (Petaluma), and Don and Carole (Fremont).
Breakfast in Rio Vista at 8:00 am full tanks, KSU @ 9:00 am. Bag lunches.
Beautiful warm weather ride along the Delta waterway levees. Caught two ferries. First stop at store west of Sacramento. CA-16 to CA-49 to Sutter Creek. Sutter Creek Volcano Rd to Volcano for lunch. This is a nice winding blacktop road through a rural tree lined area. Volcano has a great shady park with tables next to the non-volcanic rock formations that the town was named after. Left Volcano to CA-88 into Jackson. Took CA-49 to Electra Rd to a park on the banks of the Mokelumne River. Beautiful clear cold water spot loaded with Salmon.
For home back through Jackson to CA-104 to Ione, continued past the unopened Nuclear Power towers to the Galt area where JC and Terrie headed home to Sacramento. The rest continued to CA-160 (River Rd) to Rio Vista where Jeff, Clem, and Lonnie split off. Continued on across the Antioch Bridge where John and Kim cut off to home in Oakley. We took CA-4 to CA-680 to Niles Canyon and home. A twelve hour trip for Carole and I.
We did a lot of boating in the Rio Vista area and it was fun to revisit the area. The Gold Country is always beautiful.
JC led a good ride and we had fun meeting and being with friends.