Please find following some notes, itinerary, and proposed routes for the Manchester weekend. Routes may change due to weather or timing. You are welcome to join in at any point or do your own thing as well and just meet us in Manchester. My cell number is 408.396.5130 if anyone needs to reach me along the way. Please know your own limits, be true to yourself, ride your own ride, be safe, and ENJOY! J
- Please have your ICE (In Case of Emergency) info with you and let someone know where it is. If we know it, we won’t need it! J
- If you are a newer rider (less than a minimum of 5K miles in the twisties), I would not recommend these routes as there will be some fairly technical and goaty (one lane, bumpy, and maybe a rogue cow in the road) roads. I can recommend an optional route for whoever is interested.
- Pack layers – I was just up that way this past weekend and temps ran from 50-75. The coast can be extremely windy so be prepared.
- Please let me know if you have a range-limited bike (i.e. less than 120 miles to a tank of gas)
- This KOA is a really nice facility and they have lots of amenities including a pool and hot tub that will be open so bring your swim togs if you feel so inclined.
- REMEMBER: The KOA does not provide linens so bring a sleeping bag.
- The Golden Gate Bridge has changed the way it collects its fees. See this link for ways to pay or prepay your bridge toll: https://www.goldengate.org/tolls/paytollasavisitor.php
- If my pace is not your pace, you’re more than welcome to “follow from the front” but you will be on your own so familiarize yourself with the route.
- Please wait for the rider behind you at turns so no one misses one and gets lost. I always like to end with same number of riders I start out with!
- We will have a picnic lunch on Saturday so either pack your own or you can purchase something at the lunch stop.
- If you choose to leave the group, please let someone know so we don’t run around helter skelter looking for you.
- There is a grocery store on the left as you enter Manchester so you can stop for adult libations, snacks, etc. The KOA is about a half-mile after the store.
- When you check in, please pay for your meals - $18/person for dinner and breakfast.
SATURDAY ROUTE:
https://tinyurl.com/cnshkoj (approx. 200 miles)
Starbucks – Rancho Shopping Center, 654 Los Altos Rancho, Los Altos, CA 94022-1667
07:30 am - Coffee
08:30 am - KSU (Kick Stands Up)
10:00 am - GG Bridge vista point (north/Sausalito side)
10:30 am - KSU
11:00 am (approx.) - Gas @ Freitas Pkwy
12:00 pm (approx.) – Marin French Cheese (sandwich & picnic -
https://www.marinfrenchcheese.com/ )
3:00 pm (approx.) - Gas in Gualala (two gas stations there)
5:00 pm (approx.) – Stop off for any needed supplies in the store in Manchester before arriving at the KOA (44300 Kinney Rd., Manchester CA 95459)
7:00 pm (approx.) – dinner (catered onsite)
SUNDAY ROUTE:
https://tinyurl.com/cqt4gl3 (Approx. 260 miles)
08:00 am – breakfast (catered onsite)
09:00 am – KSU
10:30 am – Boonville – gas @ Redwood Drive-In, pickup sammiches for picnic
11:00 am – KSU (regroup at the fairgrounds)
12:30 pm – lunch somewhere along the route
02:00 pm – gas in Guerneville
02:30 pm – KSU
07:00 pm (approx.) – arrive home (depending on where home is for you!)
