Foresthill Ore Cart Lunch - March, 2006 - Sacramento Road Cruisers

Howdy SRCs,

Well, well as Scott and I sat there having breakfast, at 8:15am and no
one has showed up yet, we thought we'd be riding by ourselves to
Foresthill.

But to our surprise we ended up with 8 bikes and 12 riders braving the
cold and enjoying the dry weather...

As lead, I took off from the parking lot to make a left turn onto Blue
Ravine road, but much to my dismay the rest of the group was held up in
the parking lot. So there I sat on Blue Ravine road looking back on the
rest of the group this time stuck at the light, hoping that this was not
a sign of the ride to come.
(Ok skipping to the end, this was the only miss step on the entire ride)

We headed out Green Valley road to Salmon Falls road to hwy49 to
Marshall Grade and our first stop in George Town. The sun was shining
and the air was brisk making for an ideal day to ride. Yes it was cool
out and some might say cold, but if you ride, you should not complain,
as you can always get into your CAGE...

As we stood around enjoying the sunshine the conversations were all
about our bikes, past and future rides.

From there we headed down hwy193 to Cool and back onto hwy49, then down
to the confluences of the America rivers, next over to the "Old Forest
Hill road and onto Forest Hill. I was surprised to find that the roads
were clear of sand, ice and snow.

Once inside the Ore Cart we all commented on how many bicycles and other
motorcycle riders there were on the roads today. The cool temperatures
did not seem to matter and were not mentioned much.

As for the meal, I can say hands down the "Mother Load" hamburger (all
3/4 lbs of it) was by far the number one choice with seven of the twelve
ordering it, and it can safely be said that most took a "doggie bag"
home with them... My son Scott's soul purpose for coming on this ride
was to finish off the Mother Load burger and fries, which he did in
quick order.

The ride home was no less enjoyable as we rode across the Forest Hill
bridge and into Auburn. From there it was an easy ride down
Folsom-Auburn road and home.

As I look at the weather reports for Monday and the upcoming week, it is
very clear that this past weekend was meant for riders to help with
their PMS (parked Motorcycle syndrome) as we could not have asked for
better riding weather.

What else is to be said, but another SRC ride in is the books.

John

PS By the way, for those who are interested, until we reached Auburn on
the way home the temperature never got higher then 46 degrees.