09-09-05 Sierras Betwen US 50 and I 80

[johnny]

so we roll out of sparks nv for carson city nv to meet motobrick rider chirs sunderland...

the moon going down over the sierras...



rolling up jack canyon nv 206 to the kingsbury grade nv 207...







the kingsbury grade... yeeeee fing haaaaaa... its gonna be a good day...













we rioll through south lake tahoe and take us 50...



us 50 echo summit overlook...





heading towards wright lake road...



wright lake road... heading to the lake to score a local map...







wright lake...





with map in hand... back to fr 32 then to big hill lookout rd...









thats where are headed... on top of the ridge in the distance... the big hill fire lookout...









looking south east...



looking west across the central valley with the sonoma county bald mountain summit some 130 miles off in the distance...



misc photos from the overlook...















l t motobrick...



r s motobrick...







rolling to icehouse rd...









rv parade on icehouse... but here we go... the highly coveted wentworth springs rd... i gotts 3 words for this fine piece of asphalt...

yeeeeeeeeeeeeee fing haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...











this is one the best sweeper madness roads we have ever ridden... fast... smooth... twisty...













we missed short cut turn off for mosquito ridge... o well... did i mention yeeeeeeeeeeeeee fing haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...

looking at our maps... riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight... like thats gonna get us anywhere... going on intuition now...







we roll to georgetown for food and fuel...





managers special...



turkey...



cowboy...



we reverse route on wentworth springs rd... i gotts 3 words for wentworth springs road...

ok... we find our turn to hell hole and mosquito ridge... you see... the printer at our hotel would not print the google map... it was messed up... chris sunderlad printed the overview but it didnt have the detail to figure it out when my plans went awry...

so we roll hell hole rod...













the road to hell hole was on f ed up piece of asphalt...









the entire road looks like it was hit with a meteor shower...  shook my left right mirror off...



my tethered mirror... nesting next to my tank...



we spoke to locals about the best way to mosquito ridge...

we spoke to locals about the best way to mosquito ridge...



as chris sunderland summed it up... too much window pane...





























we made it out of that mess and were on the way to mosquito ridge...





french meadows...

mosquito ridge... now with the sun getting lower in the sky...







the highly coveted mosquito ridge rd... i gotts 3 words for this fine piece of asphalt...

yeeeeeeeeeeeeee fing haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...



















riding one ridge to the other...



















heading to donner lake...









the mother ship commeth for o t g...



we slabbed it back to sparks cause it was getting dark...

there you are...

j o