NorCal Ride of June 19-23, 2005Lake Tahoe - Ave of Giants - Trinity Alps(Page 2 of 4)
We arrived at the Chevron gas station in Quincy 56 miles later. Original plan
was to take Bucks Lakes Rd up here from Downieville, but it was getting late so we took Hwy 49 back to Bassetts, cut
north on Gold Lake Rd, and followed Hwys 89/70 to town. After filling our tanks and chilling in the shade awhile we got
back on Hwy 70, and headed out to Belden Town.
This red bridge goes over Feather River into Belden Town Lodge & Resort some 28 miles from
Quincy. That small structure across the bridge was the old gas station.
View from red bridge of Feather River to the northeast. Have always had an affinity for shooting
a pic of my ride parked on bridges going over rivers. No traffic that day. ;^)
Southwest view of Feather River from red bridge. Hwy 70 otherwise known as
Feather River Canyon Hwy is to the right.
It's killer road at least until nears Oroville Dam to the west.
The lower patio area in back of Belden Town Lodge & Resort is where we
enjoyed some cold ones.
Clockwise around the table are Kurt, Dianne, David, and Judy relaxing
with the Feather River in background. Out by the railing is Mike, Richard, and Kent. Grumbler was busy
taking pics. In fact, they actually opened up the bar for us that Monday. It's usually closed during first part
of the week.
Main building for Belden Town Lodge & Resort has small store to left,
saloon in middle, and restaurant to the right. Dianne and Kent are out in front.
We parked our scoots in front of the building for photo ops
just before Kent and David, along with their SOs, backtracked to a motel in Quincy for the night as
they had to return to Santa Cruz the next day via Bucks Lake and I-5. The rest of us continued 56 miles onwards
to Sierra Nevada Brewing Co in Chico only to find out
that it's closed on Mondays. Fortunately, my niece met us there, and had us follow her to an excellent
Mexican restaurant. Done, we rode 30 miles south to Gridley for the night where Richard split home.
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