Photos from The Grand Tour of Northern California

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Btw, if you like Chinese history, a very famous temple is just next door, The Joss House.

 

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Playing in the snow atop Scott Mountain Summit

 

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Group shot...




See the problem? About 30 of them.

 

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Twisty mountain roads and snow capped peaks made for incredibly scenic riding. Welcome to Northern California.

 

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Brilliant spring yellows on Quartz Valley Rd, to the bridge and back on Scott River Rd. Getting close to Oregon.

 

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Breakfast...



One of the tallest mountains in the United States staring right back at us. 14,000 Mt Shasta.

 

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Over the summit on Gazelle Calahan Rd - local ranches date to 1858.










Trinity Lake - man made, but with over 140 miles of shoreline.

 

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Ever riding NorCal's Hwy 36, make sure to swing by the Wildwood Cafe

The owner Andrew is an avid rider with a racing background









Watching motorcycle racing during lunch

 

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Remember when the '86 Suzuki GSXR came out?






My first ride across America was on an aged '82 Suzuki GS850. These brought back some nostalgia. The simplicity of those days. No internet, GPS, just a road atlas of North America & a full tank of gas. Wandering.

 

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Twins

 

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Mount Lassen - Think sleeping volcano.

 

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They say these things erupt every 100 years.

Last time Mt Lassen had a full-blown eruption was 1915.

2 yrs ago when I photographed this, it was just a wimpy boiling mud pot. Now it was full blown boiling bubbling pool of sulfuric goo.

 

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Unfortunately, with so much snow, road to the 8000 ft summit was closed.




But 2 yrs ago, was able to ride on up to the summit.




And into a total white out blizzard. Fun!

 

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3 yrs ago, ride to the summit though was great!

 

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All new visitor center. 4 ft of snow on the roof still.

 

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Child's Meadow Resort















Richard left early the next morning. If you do the math, he rode about 8000 miles round trip.

Sport-touring machine this Busa is.

 

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Taylorsville, CA. The heart of the local ranching community.

 

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Recognize this guy?




Continuous operation since 1862




Inside was the cash register - dating to 1910. Still using it.



Everyone that bought something rang up their own sale.

 

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Best of times.







Our Tour Group. All the way from Ireland, New York, Ontario, Manitoba, Canada & rest from California.



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