Bright and early Friday morning well actually 8:00 am we met up with the other tra members at Walmart in the South part of the valley.
There were 18 bikes at the Walmart and that number would soon grow to 38 bikes before the end of the trip. We had people meeting us in different cities and people leaving at different times.
We left the Salt Lake Valley momentarily jumping on the freeway, then exiting a few miles later and we rode along the west side of Utah Lake from there we turned right at Elberta and made our way to Delta.
Next on the itinerary was lunch in Baker Nevada. Several of the riders went to Lehman caves, many didn't, including Bev and I and we continued on to Eureka Nevada where we checked into our hotels.
When we left Eureka the next morning we rode to Austin Nevada, then about 2 mi after Austin there's a back road that adds a couple miles to a trip but it's very twisty if compared with the highway 50. So we took that and that brings you back to highway 50 near middlegate.
Shortly after getting back on 50 we saw the shoe tree and stopped to get some photos, and some other people pulled in and we're actually throwing shoes up onto the shoe tree so we saw them adding shoes.
After the shoe tree Beverly and I left the group and rode into Fallon where we bought some donuts. We took the donuts to Fernley to the Motorcycle Mania motorcycle shop and gave him to the owner there who had treated me so well the last time I came through here. I appreciated what he did for me and the donuts are just a small token of that appreciation.
Our second night was spent in Reno Nevada. The next day some of the riders went through Virginia City, most of the group attended church meetings then the group headed toward Mariposa, California.
That night the group meant for dinner and had pizza. Then the next day we all rode to Yosemite national Park. While there Beverly was fortunate enough to see a mama bear and her two Cubs very very close to Bev's car she was able to get a good picture.
We could see this steeple from our hotel, so Bev and I went over to get a picture. The caretaker said, 'yes of course you can take pictures'
Leaving Mariposa after 2 days we rode to Fowler California. Where we made day rides up to Kings canyon National Park and Sequoia National Park.
While at Fowler several of our group had a rousing game of Up the River....
It was at that point of the trip that Beverly and I left the group. We had planned on going up the Coast to visit with Fenton and his family. But before we turned northward, we stopped and visited the Corbin custom seat factory and had them build a seat for the NT 1100.
Some eye candy at the Corbini facility
We had to return the next morning to get the finished seat, it looks great, and it works great, we put it on the bike and headed to Windsor California.
We spent two nights in Windsor then went up the coast on the 101, to Fenton's place and stayed there for a few days.
Leaving Windsor we made it to Eureka California and checked into a Best Western for the night. On our way there we drove through a tree tunnel!
At some point as we passed San Francisico we crossed this bridge.
And our hotel that night had dinner in the pond...haha.
Then we continued north on 101 to Fenton's
More in part II
