If you ever ride in my neck of the woods off Hwy50 east and west-I am 18 miles east of Carson City,NV.This area has about 30,000 wild horses roaming the plains and roads-Hell I even get 5 or 6 on my front lawn at the end of summer as there looking for feed.We get about 30 or so auto hitting a horse with 4 last year ending in fatalities.Then if you go up in the mountains towards Tahoe you get the deer.Got to keep your head on a swivel riding here but the roads are fun.
Speaking of Bears, We don't have any in Indiana other than the 4 wheel kind , but did anyone see the article on the guy who died in Bend Oregon this week after hitting a bear?
Great area to ride through, If I can make a suggestion ride up through Washington on Route #20. For me it was the most beautiful road I have ever ridden. They call that road the "Swiss Alps" of the USA. My son and I have made several trips out there, but could barely make a dent in everything there is to see.
I would love to run that, but will be a bit south Richland, WA then headed to Seaside, OR. Taking 30 across the top of OR and down the 101.
Speaking of bears, my neighbor called me last night to ask if the bear had been bothering us? I said no, has taken all their bird feeders down, climbed in their car and made a mess around their house... I said call the DNR, they did and were laughed at by them, saying kit is just a yearling bear...I am like wtf, a bear is a bear and they are not wanted near the houses.
That will be a nice route, have been on 101 from Port Townsend, Washington through Coos Bay, Great ride fantastic ocean views but very tedious and time consuming. Lots of Sea side towns and speed traps and tourist, If you can get over towards Crater Lake see it, It is just beautiful country, In one day we went from High Desert terrain to Mountain terrain to Sea terrain to Forests with trees so big that you would sware you were riding at night in the middle of the day! Would go back tomorrow if I could, just a long haul from out midwest! My last trip out was almost 7,000 miles in three weeks, make sure you have a great seat and good roadside assistance coverage if needed. Some places have no people for 50 miles!
Bingo...so many options and so little time.
Did Crater Lake several years ago, amazing place.
Two days in the Redwoods and down to Ft Bragg, Mill Valley and across to Yosemite
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