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Full Size Video View Larger Map New!! Dual Sport ride Info This is an option for dual sport bikes to take the last 33 miles to Shelter Cove in the dirt. The group will split @ Usal road and meet at the house   Usal Rd.

Members  who've made reservations for 2008 lowdown Skagg Cookie MotaLissa Mr MotaLissa Father Zed Andrea Armando Sean Marry Ellen Ssskid Grimmer Tramp Curvela Rumored to be coming Grimm Retread Roberta

Accommodation and Amenities for the house in the Lost Coast  Now you can reserve the room you want on-line.  Your reservation includes Dinner Saturday and Sunday nights as Well as breakfast, we'll get our lunchs on the road. Look through the information below and pick a room, if it's available it's your's just by clicking and paying for it. if no rooms are available there's still 3 sofas (non of which open up), the floor or pitch a tent in the yard. It's first come first serve All you pay for is the food. Master Bedroom sleeps 2 includes meals 0 left Queen Bedrooms each sleep 2 includes meals 0 left Loft room sleeps 2 in twin beds includes meals 0 left No Bedroom includes meals unlimited Available Roll Away Bed but No Room 1 Available MotaLisa and Tim Have reserved this Room Beach room  = Andrea & Armondo Drajon room = Ssskid Purple room = Mary Ellen Cookie and Skagg Have reserved this room lowdown Father Zed Grimmer Property Type: house                                                                                                                                                               Floor Area: 3000 sq. ft. General: Laundry-Soap Toilet-Paper Firewood linens provided Paper-Towels towels provided Soaps-Basic Filtered-Water Hair-Dryer telephone Kitchen: oven freezer Blender cooking utensils Stove-Top-Burners dish washer Spices refrigerator microwave grill toaster coffee maker iron & board washing machine clothes dryer Living Room: woodstove tiled stove comfy seating for 9 people Dining: dining room seating for 11 people BA: 2.0 bathrooms , 1 Half Bathroom Bathroom - downstairs, Toilet, Combination Tub/Shower, upstairs, Toilet Master - downstairs, Toilet, Shower Bedrooms: 4 bedrooms, sleeps maximum of 14 people Beach - 1 Queen Dragon - 1 Queen loft - roll away bed available, 2 Twin/ Single Master - with master bathroom, 1 King Purple - 1 Queen There is a roll away twin bed available. There are three sofas which doesn't open up but can be used to sleep on. This house provides several private spaces for various family members to relax away from each other. Note: You will have to take your garbage with you when you leave. There is a tiny dump nearby in the Cove. The sheets and towels will have to be washed. Do not make the beds. Thank you Entertainment: stereo system Games-Adults VCR Games-Kids VideoGame-Console tv Books-Adult Books satellite or cable Books-Kids cd Toys-Kids DVD Internet access: Internet access dial up access computer available Communication / Internet: Computer-PC Outside: barbecue Parking-Off-Street Walkway-to-Water Outdoor-Grill-Charcoal outdoor grill balcony garage 5 garden chairs parking Deck-Wood Parking-On-Street Notes: 1 Cal-king, 3 queens, 2 twins, one roll away twin, 3 sofas (non of which open up). Parking space available for boat and four cars puzzles and games. Large kitchen and dining room Ocean-facing side of the house lower level where the four bedrooms are located View from the living room window Or Inn  of the Lost Coast or Shelter Cove Campground 492 Machi Rd, Shelter Cove Whitethorn, CA 95489 Tel: (707) 986-7474

Highway 1 Riding California's Pacific Coast  San Francisco to Shelter Cove, California

Hwy 1 commonly has cops seen at least one an hour so watch the speed (and the passing).  Somewhat encumbered by 'slow' tourists, campers (and just about everyone for that matter) by sportbike standards, take caution when passing (especially that sportbike pass).

Looking south nearing Drake's Beach

It can rain any time of the year so bring rain gear. Headed north, you movie buffs might recognize the Tides Restaurant in Bodega Bay as something you have seen before.  While the Tides has been rebuilt- In Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, they used this town and restaurant as a backdrop.

The well-known Skaggs Spring - Stewarts Point Road appears on the horizon and the adjacent Annapolis Road runs up to the tiny alcove of Annapolis.  Towns are a little more further apart, the traffic is thinning out and you'll starting to relax in the saddle gazing off dreamily at the endless blue of the ocean. At Point Arena, you can check out the lighthouse built in 1904 via Lighthouse Rd, then go ride one of my favorites, Mountain View Road, over to Boonville and triangulate back on Highway 128.

Pastoral fields of green

Mendocino prides itself in being trendy and the home of those in the know.  In contrast, Fort Bragg, a few miles to the north (past Comptche-Ukiah Road) feels more like a town still rooted in its logging industry past.  Fort Bragg is also home to the Skunk Train which will take you half way, or up and over the mountain through dense forests of redwoods to Willits parallel to Highway 20 which is the main corridor out to the coast in these parts.  If you're in a hurry- Highway 20 is it. Headed north out of Fort Bragg, there's only 45 more wondrous miles so treasure every moment as you head for Leggett.  This last portion of the ride is one of my all time favorites.  Traffic has thinned out and sometimes the road is straight and relaxed.  There are green pastures beside the road that hold grazing cattle pulling grass up on some very expensive real estate.  The scene will mesmerize you.  Nowhere have you seen anything like this! A bit of caution to all of you who like to pass on the double yellow- for its duration, Highway 1 is known for coppers patrolling this main stretch of road.  Many a motorcyclist have gotten their first ticket in this stretch of road for illegal passing.  While it only takes a few seconds to get around the cage in front of you- the ticket'll be on your record for a lot longer than that.    If you do, make sure it's safe, you have plenty of room, and check your six!

Motorcycle Utopia- this view rolls on for hours

 

The Pacific Coast Highway is a virtual oasis separate from the rest of California.  It's lush and green with ever-present cool temperatures.  Around a bend in the road, you spy one of numerous pull-outs along the ride.  You stop to breathe for a moment and take in the amazing vista.  You can hear the sound of the ocean. Life is good. This is definitely what motorcycling is all about.

Branscomb Road is the most northerly east-west road before you link up with Highway 101 on up to Eureka.  After you've ridden Hwy 1 enough times, you start exploring all these rides through the coastal mountains.

Just south of Branscomb Road

  When you roll into Shelter Cove, take a moment to catch your breath, you just rode what is considered one of the most beautiful stretches of road in the world.

Shelter Cove lies at the bottom of a twisty section of pavement as you come down Shelter Cove Road.  The tiny alcove rests at the very edge of this bunt of land that juts out into the Pacific. There is lodging, food, fishing, and camping here.  Not to mention a airplane landing strip along the coast that seems to dominate that portion of coastline.  The town is surrounded in low mountains and one of the last untouched places on the California Coastline.  Fishing boats still launch every morning out of the cove and whales migrate down the shoreline.  Sea lions bark and the gulls above will be eyeing you for a meal. Be sure and visit the new restored lighthouse.

You'll have to return the way you came as there is only one pave road to the town and it's 24 miles back to Redway back up the steep hill you just came down.  There aren't many towns at the end of dead end roads.  When you arrive here, you'll quickly figure out why the townspeople choose to call this place home.

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  Day 2

Motorcycle Riding the Lost Coast

 

The Lost Coast...  It's this out of the way less traveled back country road in the most pristine of settings.  And it doesn't get any more tranquil than this.  It's called the Lost Coast because it's the last piece of California Coastline that remains virgin.  The beauty of it is, no one even knows about it.  It's the kind of road where you could park the bike, turn the key to the off position and listen to total silence.

 

There is a feeling to the Pacific Coastline unlike anything California has to offer.  What makes The Lost Coast different is this is an untouched land up here devoid of people, civilization or Wal-Marts.  If you plan a ride up this way, do not miss this one.  Granted, this is not a high-speed ride and the road is bit old- but that's the last thing you'll be thinking about.

 

Simplicity.  Tranquility.  And completely deserted.

After Avenue of the gaints hit hwy1