After spending nearly the last 3yrs of our lives doing disaster response and recovery work in southern Louisiana, my wife and I are throwing in the towel and moving to Sacramento California!

Thankfully I will be moving straight back into the wildlife biology and natural resource management world I left behind in Oregon prior to hurricanes Katrina & Rita.

I have already started making a list of the <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=p&msa=0&msid=103735438239632513 966.00044d1d0559283211481&z=7">roads</a> that I plan on running the TT on once I'm out here; any and all are welcome to join me.

Cheers,

Matt

 

ACGG website- there's a picnic in Dublin coming up and we usually have a couple of drives in the Sierra Foothills. Cheers!

 

Thanks for the tip, I just marked my calendar.

 

Welcome! I love it here. I have a couple of secret spots I drive once in a while...

 

Sac<ul><li><a href="http://www.pashnit.com/roads/cal/MosquitoRidge.htm">Enjoy!</a></li></ul>

 

When I was in Sac last week looking for a house I did Hwy 49 from Auburn to Placerville. Living in the south can cause you ti forget what a real road is like.

I did the Dragon last year, it will be nice to compare the 2.

Cheers,
Matt

 

<center><img src="http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb152/p_e_c_h_a/Shadow/HS_053.jpg"></center><p>Take it easy the first few times you run it. There are some extremely unforgiving areas on this road. HUGE drops and no guardrails. Loose gravel in some places, as well as bark which is deposited by logging trucks at times. Not as big a problem in a car as it is on a bike, but something to look for. I've almost been wiped off the mountain on a bike by a logging truck in my lane coming thru the twisties. Lots of blind corners.

In the summer we'd take off from Sacto on our bikes and head up there. It'd be 60-70 degrees in the morning when we left, we'd ride all the way to snow on Mosquito Ridge!!, then back down to over 100 degrees in the canyon at the bottom. It's amazing. I actually like it better than the Dragon. YMMV, but absolutely make the trek. Well worth it.

Not a bad idea to drive it with a second car, just incase someone has a problem. There are occasional vehicle/body recoveries up there. Not for the faint of heart. Be careful, but have a blast!

There miles of amazing twisties down there. Try Salmon Falls Rd (Some cautions there as well... google it first), HWY 49, etc.<ul><li><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=9549505317007700076 ,38.953280,-119.946240%3B16962603707305033282,38.890110,-120.366350%3B7028868088120762952,38.659692,-120.958796%3B3933149519612839112,38.918883,-121.025360%3B95

 

I'm due for a trip to Tahoe...see you on the road!

 

<center><img src="http://www.pashnittours.com/photos/2007-06-08/Img_0530_Keith.jpg"></center><p>Norcal "rides" page. More stuff for the visually challenged ranger to scope out! ;-)

It's probably one of the best driving areas in the US. You're lucky to be moving there.<ul><li><a href="http://www.pashnit.com/motoroads.htm#NC">Teh Pashnit</a></li></ul>