I can be there on the 16th......I'm assuming Bob Dron's? [smiley=nixweiss.gif] I could ride that day with you but that's it......can't take time off of work due to Cripple Creek and Sturgis and a few other vacations throughout the year.
If you want to do Yosemite on that Sunday, I'll volunteer to be your guide. I know that park like the back of my hand.
Other areas that you may want to ride are SF, the Golden Gate, Lombard Street (billed as the crookedest street in the world......type in a Google search for Lombard Street, San Francisco), Fisherman's Wharf, etc. Then there's the Napa Valley. I'd also suggest Hwy. 49 either from the north (Eureka.....but it doesn't go that far north) to Yosemite or from Yosemite going north towards Eureka. It's the gold country hiway.....two lanes, lots of twisties and major amount of Calif. history on that road. Also, whichever direction you take Hwy. 49, you'll want to take Hwy. 1 and Hwy. 101 the other way, so that you can see the California Redwoods......the oldest living thing on earth......also, the largest trees in the world. They have trees that are still growing that have a store in the trunk of it and another one that you can actually ride the bike through!
How long are you going to be here? Where are you coming from? Have you been to Calif. before?