Plan for 2021 October California and Crucible and Moto road trip in the truck
Oct 13 Wed depart by noon to get back to Seven Feathers before dark
3h0m 217 miles
4pm unload bikes, ride to Crowfoot Falls 1hr 58 miles falls then back around 7pm (sunset at 6:33pm)
stay at Seven Feathers Casino Resort $125
Oct 14 Thu Drive to Eureka 4h6m 207 miles
10:00am departure from 7Feathers puts us in Arcata at 2pm with room for 3--4 hrs of riding loops
Possible side trip on Greyback Road from O'Brian to Happy Camp 4hrs 94 miles but part of it looks to be unpaved
Side trip on Redwood National and State Parks 1hr round trip, 33 miles
A bit before arriving in Eureka, stop in Arcata and
loop out 299 and back 1h30m 75 miles round trip, easily extended
Oct 15 Fri Early breakfast, then out by 9am, 45min to Humboldt Redwoods State Park, unload bikes and ride 1h1m 28.7 miles to Honeydew to Honeydew then 1h49m 55.3 miles back on Avenue of the Giants
45m ride Eureka to Humboldt
15m unload bikes
60m ride to Honeydew
30m breaks
110m ride back
30m breaks
15m load bikes
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total 5 hrs --> 9am from Eureka --> 2pm heading back down 101 towards Palo Alto
4h20m 269 miles to Palo Alto puts us there around 8pm realistically with break for food and gas in San Rafael.
Can arrive around 8pm, unload bikes, ready to go to Oakland on Sat morning
Oct 16 Sat 43m 36 miles to David Ct to The Crucible for 10:00am class
Oct 17 Sun Flameworking I day 2
Oct 18 Mon O&P
Oct 19 Tue << MC to Morro? >>
Oct 10 Wed Alec and Paul&Toni
Oct 21 Thu Mike&Dave and Fawn
Oct 22 Fri Rob&Julie and Larry&Janice
Oct 23 Sat Flameworking II day 1
Oct 24 Sun Flameworking II day 2
drive 3h12m 211 miles from The Crucible to Redding arriving around 10pm
Stay at Travel Inn Motel
Oct 25 Mon start the day with a 5hr loop of 150 miles depart around 3pm and continue 1 hr North to Weed then 2hr 70 miles loop and stay at Green Spring Inn
Oct 26 Tue 4h36m 166 mile loop which will take us more like 7 hours. Stay a second night in Green Springs Inn.
If hungry for more, here's second loop of 1h30m and 62 miles
Oct 27 Wed start with a 3h20m 194 mile trip up to a spot near Eugene then
1h30m 72 mile loop
Then 2h13m 132 miles back home
Oct 28 Thu