Heading East On The "Loneliest Hihway" in America

After several weeks in Northern California, and a great weekend in the San Francisco Bay area, we are making our way, east. We are traveling Route 50 across country. We made a very interesting ride, today, from San Ramon, Ca., where we stayed with our friends, John, and Dee, to Reno, Nv. we rode route 160, from San Ramon to Sacramento, CA. It was through the Sacramento River delta. What a ride! The waterway is an inter-coastal shipping route. We rode on the levee, for approximately 60 miles. Some of the most lush farm lands, you'll ever see! The above photo is one of many draw bridges, along the ride.

This photo, is another draw bridge, along the ride. We crossed five such bridges, as we went from one side of the river, to the other.

Upon reaching Sacramento, we decided to detour along IH 80, so we could ride across Donner Pass. The pass is at 7,500

feet.Beautiful riding, and chilly, too! There was a lot of road construction, so we couldn't stop, and take any pictures.

We rode on into Reno, and met up with our good friends, Dr Bill, and Sheri Avery, where we crashed out at their lake cabin. We will pick up route 50, in the morning, and head east, on the "Loneliest Highway" in America! This is one of my favorite rides, as I did it a couple of years ago, with a group of firemen, making a coast to coast ride.