October | 2014 | BackdoorMotoAdventures

For the 2nd ReunionTour I actually chose to ride Bernadette. Amazingly so many asked if I had sold dash I felt bad. Sell Dash? Never! How dare they. Well I was one of two Ducati’s– Aurore being the other. Her Ducati last year broke down and she had to have it towed. So clearly we were in the cross hairs. Well, this year….

Here is the map of the final ride

On Friday the route was- 150>33>166>223>99
The first picture is on the 33

On Saturday, the first day of the official tour the route was a lot of numbers and of course one tow truck!
99>216 ( Lover’s Lane) > 245> 198

A bunch of pictures. Here is the 33

Here is one in the 216

This is pretty much what I saw all Saturday. Such nice roads and of course the sweet smell of pine

And all the turns. Roughly 90 miles in total on Saturday

For those of you who do not ride look at the twist of that road…spectacular

Our group of 7 taking off…there were roughly 50 riders broken up into a bunch of groups. Apparently I was moved out of the remedial group and put into the advanced. How did that happen? These people ride like moto cross professionals. Geesh!

The vastness makes me feel so insignificant. A good lesson to be reminded of now and again

Here is the group I rode with: Kevin, Brent, Aurore, me, Dave, Jake, Steve and Rocky behind the camera

The two Ducati riders. Much teased. Everyone was waiting for one of us to break down. Such pessimism.

And then there was one

For literally the second year in a row Aurore’s Ducati was towed from the reunion. She is banned from riding a Ducati to the 3rd. Bernadette was flawless…that’s my girl

On Sunday the route was: 99> 137> 190> sequoia national forest> 178> Cal Bodfish Road> 233> 166> 33> 150> home sweet home

The 190 was a beautiful road

Going through Sequoia National Forest Rocky got a flat. Here is where we stopped to fix it (well I simply watched)

Rocky working hard to fix that tire

On our way, the flat all fixed, we ran into a bunch of rustlers on Cal Bodfish Rd, some beautiful winding lanes, my favorites the pine trees (they really smell remarkable)