Category: Out Riding

Places gone to either one or two-up.

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Hot weather continuous

Blistering riding weather all week. When it gets this hot there is no comfort from the wind movement. In fact, it’s like you’re riding inside of a giant air fryer. The heat is so intense your sweat is drying faster than you can hydrate which means you can seriously get into trouble on a long ride.

T. emperature measurement taken at Keifer Road, Rancho Cordova. During the remaining ride home I hit temperature of 114. This was just before you get into the town of Ione.

I try to prepare myself the best I can before hitting the road. This included drinking a lot of water and eating ice chips.

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Rainbow shot

I’ve seen many rainbows and thought this one was good as any for a photo.

If you look closely you’re able to see that there are actually two rainbows. One is faintly seen to the right.

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Good morning

On my way to work this morning I caught this gorgeous sunrise. I see quite a few cool sunrises during my commute but this one was so vibrant with the orange hue.

If you’re a rider these are the moments that will stop you on your journey to anywhere.

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Snow mobile

Let’s start off with I had no intentions of riding in this weather. If you’re a commuter and ride a motorcycle every work day of the year you will at times get caught in weather and road conditions that are not ideal.

If it weren’t for the cage tire trails I’d be stuck. Riding on the center mush is very hard to do. Pick you line and stick with it.

I have never seen a sun and cloud formation like this before. I could see something falling from the sky but couldn’t tell if it was rain, snow or hail. In hndsight I should have known it wasn’t rain, there were remanence of ice on the road and top of the hill.

At this point I should also have decided if I wanted to ride that direction home or figure out an alternative route. At my current location it would mean possible an additional 30 mile detour.

If I were to be in this situation again my thought process would be to avoid the snow, hail and slush road conditions at all cost. Find another route home or wait it out somewhere nice and warm.

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Freakin’ Cold

The ride to work in the morning is fairly chilly. It has been dipping down below the 30’s. Add the windchill factor and you’re going to feel it. The photo below was taken in the city of Ione. This is approximately 20 or so miles from home. I’m parked on the side of the road right near the Preston Castle.

As an example: the temperature this morning was 26F, riding along at an average speed of 50 MPH that’s a windchill factor calculation of 6F. Tell me that’s not cold.

Alright, full disclosure. I’m riding with heated gloves and jacket liner. I’ve been riding too long and no better. LOL!!

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Storms are gone for now

We’ve had crazy back to back storms. There was a couple days where the winds topped 60 miles per hour. Yeah, I rode to work. There were a few times I second guessed my decision to ride. Mostly in areas where it was too flooded to ride the sled through, trees that had fallen in the middle of the road and winds that were catching me from the side (crosswinds).

This is one of my go to spots on my way home from work. Not so much on my way to work as it is still normally dark. I don’t even know the name of this “look out” point It is near the Pardee Dam single lane road.

The mountain scape behind me is part of Mt. Diablo. Between us lays the San Joaquin Valley, Stockton CA. And Lodi.