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Tyler

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Here are a few route ideas as well as a list of things to see/do in the area... something for everyone! Feel free to chime in with any suggestions and I'll add them to the list. We're getting closer!!
8-)


TASTY ROUTES!
Mad as a JWilly Hatter - Hwy 1, Ave of the Giants, 299, 3, 36 - 12.5 hrs, 503 mileshttps://goo.gl/maps/RE3yvR6qjLv1jSrj9
The Big Kahunga - 1, Ave of the Giants, 36/Mad River Burger Bar, Alderpoint Rd, Brandscomb Rd - 8.5 hrs, 336 miles https://goo.gl/maps/vqTpyMKwt6mSBWJQ7
Where the Hell Are We?? - Hwy 1, Boonville Rd, Philo Greenwood Rd, Mendocino, Comptche-Ukiah Rd, Hwy 20 - 5.5 hrs, 207 mileshttps://goo.gl/maps/B23gaufnzsrfYHtP7
Just Chillin' - Hwy 1, Annapolis, Skaggs Springs, 128, Flynn Creek, Comptche-Ukiah - 5 hrs, 198 mileshttps://goo.gl/maps/tKJc47ryvWa5m2uL8
Goat Galore - 128, Westside, 116, Cazadero/King Ridge, Tin Barn, Hwy 1 - 5.75 hrs, 222 mileshttps://goo.gl/maps/YBLgywxw8GEB9gtT6
Dueling Banjos I - The Lost Coast - not for the weak of heart (watch out for monster potholes and patches of unpaved road) - 7.25 hrs, 285 mileshttps://goo.gl/maps/wgDcCzzxBj6YHo9U7
Dueling Banjos II (from Bugnatr) - Lost Coast via Shelter Cove -This does have a couple short gravel sections or can be bypassed by not going through Ettesburg but going Mattole Rd. via the Humbolt Redwood State park. - 8 hrs, 289 mileshttps://goo.gl/maps/7KXZQtivSEkb2ZsU7
Mendocino Pass (from Bugnatr) - This one is for ADV bikes and is a monster but can be done with an early start. About 30 + miles of easy gravel forest road and includes elevation to almost 7,000 feet. - 9 hrs, 275 mileshttps://goo.gl/maps/eExGUsD15VguC9wz5
WARNING: There are a lot of pot farms in Mendocino County so beware if you go offroad from the beaten path into nowhere. Folks who run these farms take their businesses very seriously and are extremely wary of strangers.
THINGS TO DO/SEE!
Glass Beach - not a lot of glass left but if you're diligent, you can find some (but don't take it with you!)
Drive Thru Tree - right near the junction of 1 and 101, always a great photo opp!
The Peg House - right near the junction of 1 and 101, great burgers!
MacKerricher State Park
Van Damme State Park
Skunk Train: Wolf Tree Turn from Willits
Skunk Train: Pudding Creek Express from Fort Bragg
Mendocino Headlands State Park
Mendocino Cafe - cute place for lunch
Mendocino Coast Botannical Gardens
Kayak Mendocino
Nahara Healing Arts (Massage) - for those with SOs that might like a little pampering
 
Thought I'd start throwing out some road porn to get all y'all excited... there will be more... :D

Orr Springs Rd
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Sections of Hwy 1 between Fort Bragg and Leggett
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I've done those as well. Another good one is Mines Road from Pleasanton to Junction and then from there to Mt. Hamilton and down to San Jose. You will not fall asleep on that route.
 
Tyler, what's all the fuss about twisty roads? Up here on the Prairies we put our bike on autopilot and wake about an hour later when we come to our first curve. Here are pix from our Nakusp trip last year, middle Saskatchewan. Looking west, north, and east. Even our gravel roads don't have curves haha. You guys and your curves... sounds like alot of unnecessary work..
;) ... enjoy your trip guys. Sorry we won't be able to make this one. Looks like it's going to be a blast.
 

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We'll miss the group by 6 weeks! But looking forward reading/absorbing all of this information for our motorcycle ride from Maine. Thanks. Looking forward to my first trip to your coast since 1985!
 
Gregory and Pocahontas are heading to Willis on Friday for the Skunk Train Wolf Tree Turn.
JSNS.
 
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