In this video I ride the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe and head back into California, and ride through Historic Downtown Truckee, California. I wrap up the video riding back to camp at Cottonwood Creek Campground.
This video also wraps up Day 7, seemed like a week worth’s of video LOL.
Lake Tahoe area is truly spectacular and worth a visit. I hope to return some day and maybe chill more near the lake (probably won’t be a motorcycle trip next time).
I roll through Carson City and Reno, Nevada because, well I had never been to either city and why not LOL, it’s what I do 🙂
I was surprised just how small of town Carson City was. Downtown Reno was done up very nice and it was very clean (downtown anyways).
I continue my scenic ride of Lake Tahoe in this video rolling down to the south end of the lake going though South Lake Tahoe, CA and into Nevada.
Some truly epic views of the lake and surrounding scenery from California Highway 89.
In this video, I take a scenic ride around a portion of Lake Tahoe from Kings Beach, CA to Emerald Bay State Park Lookout on the western side of the lake.
Lake Tahoe is such beautiful lake with crystal clear water. While the video and pictures are very nice, it still does not compare to how it looks in person.
In this video I go on a scenic ride within the Tahoe National Forest on California Highway 89 from Cottonwood Creek Campground to Truckee, California.
On this day, I rode a scenic ride from my camp at Cottonwood Creek Campground to Donner Pass and back while stopping in Truckee, CA to grab some groceries for the evenings meals, tacos!
Yet another day where my camera angle was less than desired, not a total waste but disappointing that much of the view was missed. If and whenever I return to the Lake Tahoe region, I will be sure to record better footage.
The ride up to Donner pass and the views from the pass were impressive….AND WINDY lol.
Today was another scenic ride in the California Redwoods. I rolled south from Weott, CA (Burlington Campground) to Legget, CA. First on the Avenue of the Giants and then US Highway 1010.
In Legget, I drove thru Chandler Tree in Drive Thru Tree Park and then headed back north to Burlington Campground in Weott, CA.
In this video, I ride from Petrolia, California to Capetown, California along California’s Lost Cost on Mattole Road. The remoteness of this area of California along with the scenery makes this area a great ride and place to explore.
After my roadside pitstop at Captetown, I discovered that the angle on my GoPro mounted to the top of my helmet was too high. A bit of a bummer that I didn’t capture any usable video of Ferndale, California. This is a charming small town and there was parade on this day that I rolled through (I don’t think the parade was in my honor though).
On my next helmet, I have mounted the GoPro on my chin. I like the viewing angle better from here as you can see some of my motorcycle. However, my wife prefers the view from atop of the helmet, better for scenery she claims. Who’s right?….who knows (until she reads this, then of course she is right!) 🙂
On this day, I ride from Honeydew, California to Lost Coast Mattole Point on the Mattole Road and Lighthouse Road. The road was in pretty bad shape and I was not as comfortable on Dexter as I am now.
At the time of this video, it had only been 8 months since my nasty motorcycle accident where I high sided off the bike, and only 5 months since I had purchased Dexter. So, a long story not as long, I rode very slow though many portions of these roads the were peppered with potholes, washouts or in some cases half the road was gone. Also a fair amount of gravel where the asphalt had washed / worn away.
Regardless of the sketchy road conditions (and my inexperience with Dexter at the time) the scenery was fantastic and this was a very memorable portion of this trip for me.
On this day, I rode from my camp in Burlington Campground onto the Avenue of the Giants and Mattole Road, riding through Humboldt Redwoods Sate Park.
Put your headphones on, Sit back and chill to this soothing and relaxing video.
This vide is one of three videos covering California Loop 2018 Day 3
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