The 4000 Mile Motorcyle Tour of the West

Came over from Eureka, CA and went over Mt. Lassen. Of course it was nice leaving Eureka (which is novel) and as I got closer to Lassen it got colder and wetter. At the top of Lassen I hit snow.

Quincy was a nice place to stay and ate at a good Mexican place.

I started out the day by having my battery run dry (though it led to a wonderful interaction with the locals.

On the extraterrestrial hwy I almost ran out of gas - fortunately the ill alien inn was there to sell me some gas.

Coming into UT vi Snow Canyon is a wonderful experience.

The ride from Page to here was beautiful - I did a number of rides into NM and then of course the "million dollar highway" It is a great place to ride - I will probably go back and do more of these.

The ride from Taos to Denver via Alamosa is great. I did a quick stop at the Gorge and at the great Sand Dunes

In Denver and surrounds I had wanted to do trail ridge and the peak to peak - however it was VERY cold and trail ridge was closed the entire time I was out there. I did do a nice mountain ride all the way from 70 to pouder canyon and back down. Also did most of the peak to peak.

Visited Dinosaur and flaming Gorge (may have stayed there too long as I hit a real cold snowy section on the way to Montpelier.

The area from Boise to Lakeview is some of the most rugged and remote. Very few services...but beautiful. The trip from lakeview back to Eureka was great (if not a bit hot) - Shasta and Lassen were VERY snow covered and shining in the sun.