WILD (MILD) HOGS RIDE "THE LOST COAST"

We had to cancel the first attempt at the Wild Hogs ride to the Lost Coast due to weather concerns. After a week or so a break in the weather developed. We would be going down hwy 101 along the Oregon/California coast. Our destination would be the Lost Coast west of Ferndale California.








We agree to meet at McDonalds in Seaside for hot coffee. On the ride will be Myself, Jim T., Tim, Don, Dave and Jim S. would follow as far as Lincoln City.
















Time to suit up. It's early 7am.

















It's a little cool so Dave is bundling.
















Jim S. Is thinking where is my heated gloves.














A stop along the way to get rid of some that morning coffee. We have a long way to go today but we will stop frequently for a break now and then.









A cool shot, don't you think?













We stop for lunch in Coos Bay and of course a visit to the local Harley dealer. Don was a good sport to put up with or stops at the Harley shop.
















Were on the road again. Down Hwy 101 to California.












We saw several sunsets on our journey.












































The Mild Hogs

About time our first night. We got in late but had a good dinner and a clean bed

They were really friendly at the Super 8 and let us park our bikes under the canopy.

We are packing up for our trip out to the Lost Coast. From Ferndale you travel east on a paved narrow windy bumpy road.

One last check of the bikes and we will be off.

Tim is ready to go.

Greg an old friend of mine met us in Fortuna for the ride out to the Lost Coast. How do you like his 1200 BMW Adventure? It will turn out to be the best bike for the rough road we will be traveling on.

This is downtown Ferndale. Lots of Victorian architecture. I understand the movie the Majestic was filmed here.

Ferndale

Here we go. Heading out on Mattole Road to the Lost Coast.

Hey, it's Gregie..

Our first glimpse of the coast from Mattole Road

A photo stop along the way. We will be making allot of these.

Tim checking out the scenery

Dave posing with the new bike

Don and his Goldwing

A group shot of the Mild Hogs.

Mattole Road as it fronts the coastline.

Another stop along the way and yours truly.

Left to right Jim T., Greg and Tim

As you can see the road was just fine in about 90% of the route out to the Lost Coast and back to Hwy 101

There were four GPS's on this trip AND I don't think we got lost even once.

Leavng the coastline heading back out to Hwy 101. At Honeydew we try to take a road to Shelter Cover which soon turned to dirt and we had to turn around.

Staying east on the paved road at Honeydew will take you though a grove of redwoods and the worst part of the road. Paved but like a washboard.

Looking straight up at the canopy.

Even with the rough road the last six miles the sites were worth the trip.

We stop in Garberville for lunch.

We will head south out of Garberville and cut over to Hwy 1 at Legett.

We arrive on the coast once again. The road here was a motorcycle riders dream. That is, If you like lots of corners.

We picked a perfect weather window. The temps were in the 70's on the coast.

We will stay outside of Santa Rosa in Rohnert Park. The next day we will ride through the wine country of Napa Valley.

We take the Silverado Trail out of Napa to Calistoga.

Just about every square inch of property in this area has a vineyard planted on it.

We will ride from Calistoga over the Calistoga Grade to Middletown. We will skirt around Clear Lake and come out on Interstate 5 at Williams.

We stop in the town of Red Bluff for lunch and to make a small repair on Don's bike

Yep, I think that is the main tube that makes the bike run...... Or not. Ok, it's just a light bulb.

Dave keeps a clean machine.

Time to get the bulb back in. It's a tight fit but only took about 20 minutes.

We will take hwy 36 from Red Bluff west to Fortuna. This is another gret motorcycle road. Lots of sweeping turns and the road is in great shape.

Near the Sumit of Hwy 36 looking towards the Trinity Alps

The sun was hitting just right so I had to take the picture.

More great scenery on Hwy 36

The town of Dinsmore on Hwy 36. One of the few places to get coffee in over 140 miles.

We stay in Cresent City. The first fog we hit on the trip so far.

We are up early for our ride back to Oregon.

A stop at the Cheese factory in Tillamook. We get some ice cream and reflect on the great trip.

We allready started to think about the Wild Hogs ride for next year.

UMCI NORTH COAST BBQ 2009

It sure is nice that Jim and Anne provide our chapter with a annual BBQ each year. It is so much fun and kinda puts a exclamation point on the end of the year. This year the September BBQ had great weather and as a Pot Luck there was plenty of food and desert!

Here Anne is getting ready for the throng of hungry bikers.







Jim and Dave supervising..."Hey shouldn't that egg salad be on the left of the Veggie Jello?"













Anne having fun already.....














Let's look at Jim's new KLR and examine the improvements made on the new 2009's. There is some mighty fine BSING going on here..














That is Vickie on the right and Mary on the left.













Jim T. on the left with Aldie (his Dad center) and Jim R on the right. Jim R. has volunteered to be the BBQ chef today...












And as you can see he is a Happy Guy! OK, Jim get the utensil from Mary.














That is Tamra's new HD on the right and her husband Allen's on the left. They just Moved Up! (Harley rider writing the story) to Harley's













Jim S. and Tamra



















Left to right Jim R., Allen, Dave, and Jim T.















Left to right Paul who showed up in his new Mustang Convertible, Jim and Doug B.















The chow line has started....











Around the table Jim R is setting forward with his plate and to his right is Nancy, Tim, William, Paul, Doug and Mary. And I think that is Don in the black hat and sun glasses.















Left to right is Joy and Dixie

Nancy, Tim and William are enjoying the day and great food

That is Jim S. and Katie after hitting the desert line. That was GOOD chocolate cake...Ask me how I know?

I don't know what they are talking about but you can bet it's all about motorcycles.... well what else?

Plenty of room to park the Ole Iron Horse!

Darn they look good!

Hey, that's me and Annie having a good laugh!

That is Vickie and I hamming it up for the camera....

Thanks, Jim and Anne for having us over for a great BBQ. I hope we can do it again next year.

Ride To Birkenfield

We do email rides at the drop of a hat...That is the way they work.. Today's ride will take us to Birkenfield. If you follow our blog you will know that we go here quite often for lunch.

The weather today was cloudy and it rained a little during the night but the road was dry and the sun was coming out.











We have some new folks riding along with us and some new bikes. I thought I would introduce them to you. This is Harry's new 2010 Harley Davidson Ultra Classic. He just got it and it only has 100 miles on it. It's the maiden voyage today. What a nice looking machine.
















Three Ultra Classics's Two Peace Officer Special Edition's (Black 2009/2008) and that's Tim's 2007 Ultra Classic on the right.












Yep, that is Don's Goldwing.. Hey Don, come back... Guess he did not want to be in the picture.



















This beauty belongs to Dave and Mary. It is two weeks old but already has over 1000 miles on it. Dave can't seem to get enough time in the saddle.












Jim and Anne stopped by during the coffee clutch in their motorhome. They were off to a RC fly-in












This is Mary. What is she showing us besides the matching red and black leather ensemble.





















Oh yeah! The matching nails, which was an exact match for color and pin stripping of their new bike... I have to say this is the first time I have seen something like this...














This is a very cool shot of Harry's new Ultra. Wire smoothies look real cool!














We stop at the Elk View point near Jewel on our way to Birkenfield.














Hey Tim! How about posing for the camera?

















I finally got Don to settle down for a shot..













Uh Oh.... Yours truly... Thanks to Don who returned the favor...

Harry giving us his non smile bad boy look... Your not fooling anybody Harry... We know you can smile.. Harry is new to our group and is welcome to tag along anytime.

Dick relaxing on a bench at the view point

Our target destination... Birkenfield...

Finally a pic of Mike... Mike and Harry ride allot together and have recently joined us on some email rides. Nice ride Mike!

I should have got some pictures once the food was on the table. Well I guess I was just too busy making it disappear. (left to right) Don, Dick and Tim

(left to right) Mike, Mary and Dave

We finish our lunch and head for home. We take Hwy 47 to Clatskanie. Then Hwy 30 back home. it was a good ride. Good company and food what else could we ask for...

See you down the road.

Doug