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I finally looked up the origin of the name just now:
http://www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com/hecla.html
Thanks. Trail Ridge Road is something that's worth doing at least once. It's too bad I did it before I started using Strava - I'd like to know how many feet the sustained climb from the park entrance to the top was.
2 years agoIt's always hard to take a picture and show the grade of a road. This is nicely done, illustrating how steep the ascent/descent is.
2 years agoI was just wondering.... is there an off-road next to Happy Jack Road and, if so, would it be called "Happy Jack Off-Road?"
2 years agoNothing ironic here...
2 years agoNow I get it! I guess Iowa humor is just too subtle for me.
2 years agoThis is CLEARLY a reason to continue your indulgent, morbid habit of reading gravestones.
2 years agoIs that what you would call a "flower bed?"
2 years ago"My experimental Little Debbie-Only diet had failed miserably." Perhaps you should try the "Ipecac and Ex-Lax" diet. I hear they're comparable.
Still.... a Little Debbie diet IS tempting, and might be worth the "outcome."
Yes, near Vacaville.
Roads without traffic are not impossible here but they may not go to the most interesting places and, if they do, you sort of have to stitch them together. I may spend a few days on the Sierra Cascade route this summer. I will let you know how that is.
The coast is pretty busy, yes. That might not be good.
One thing about California is the 3'-foot law. I notice most people are pretty good about it, more than some other states I have toured in, like Montana for example.
Do you live somewhere between Winters and Vallejo?
This trip was my first (and so far only) time visiting California. I liked it. I thought the Western Express route through there was nice, with only a couple of too--busy sections (I have a very, very low tolerance for traffic, so most people wouldn't even have been bothered by it.)
I'd like to do more touring in California sometime. Riding down the coast is probably too busy for me, but maybe there are other options?
You were a stones throw from my house. Too bad I didn't "know" you then.
Next time ;-)
Havre, HARDLY KNOW 'ER!
6 years agoThat joke would be better in relation to Havre, Montana, where I stayed on my 2008 tour. Unfortunately that journal is not up on this website yet :(
6 years ago
This IS some spectacular scenery!
2 years ago