Carrizo Plain, Nacimiento-Fergusson Road, and Highway 1 Ride May 3 through May 4, 2018

I had a couple days for a ride and the weather in the Eastern Sierras did not look good so I headed south to the Carrizo Plain. I left my house around 8:30 in the morning and ripped down Highway 101 to Paso Robles. Someone had told me about a good Mexican restaurant called Papi's in Paso Robles so I could not miss it since it was on my way.

Nice taco plate at Papi's in Paso Robles ...

After Lunch I took SR 58 out to Soda Lake Road to Carrizo Plain...

Arrived at Carrizo Plain...

Soda Lake Road turns into a nice fun dirt road...

This is hard to see, but out in the distance is a huge salt lake...

After visiting Carrizo Plain it was time to get some rest...

The next morning I headed to Fort Hunter Liggett and out to Nacimiento-Fergusson Road...

This is a fun road which drops you down into Big Sur, but be careful since really a one lane road with two way traffic. I came around a corner and was confronted with a Cruise America RV taking up both lanes... 

Finally made through the Las Padres National Forest and see the fog from the Big Sur coast...

After dropping down to Highway 1 I went over the Bixby Bridge and headed home.

 

Drive to Tahoe May 3 - 4, 2018

I wanted to get out for a night after tax season. I was going to ride up, but since a little cold and a new BMW 535i in the garage I decided to do something different and take the car. I have been to Tahoe many times on the GSA so though this would be fun and it was. I left home around 10:00 and arrived in time for lunch at my favorite pizza joint - Blue Dog Pizza. After lunch I checked in to the hotel and went for a drive over the Kingsbury Grade and down to the 395.

Not a lot of snow, but plenty of water in the lake.

Passing through Sacramento...

Heading up to Echo Pass...

Dropping down into Tahoe...

The beach at Zephyr Cove that the family goes to when camping with the RV... 

Blue Dog Pizza for lunch...

Heading down into the Carson Valley after going over the Kingsbury Grade...

Looking back at the Eastern Sierras  off the 395...