Since I'm homebound due to rain here and snow nearby where I'd like to ride, I thought I'd look at some pics of where I've been and where I'll be riding when the weather allows, all within a few hours away. The HUGE trees are in the north grove of the Calaveras Big Trees SP on highway 4 west of Ebbetts Pass. The big lake is Lake Tahoe just a bit north.
One weekend when I lived near the coast I rode my CBX over all five Sierra passes (not) on an Interstate. I rode east over the Tioga thru Yosemite NP and west over the Sonora on Saturday and then east over Ebbetts Pass and back west over the Monitor and Carson Passes on Sunday (yes, named after Kit Carson). Helluva nice weekend!