Riding Highway 25 and Little Panoche in Central California...

[eye.surgeon]

I went on a 300 mile loop over hwy 198 and hwy 25 between Coalinga and Hollister this morning, then took Little Panoche, and back to Clovis. It's a beautiful
ride but far different from the rugged Sierra passes I've been riding during the heat of the summer.

Instead of landscape carved out of granite by glaciers, there are gentle rolling foothills...love those oak trees.


And very few cars...or bikes for that matter.


A pleasantly cool day today after a long hot summer.


I love how the shadows play in the rolling hills...


Fresh coat of wax on the GT...


Believe it or not in the spring the hills are lush and green. It's not all that far from the ocean really.


Little Panoche highway. Gotta love that patchwork road surface...


OTD at 0615, home at 1130.


It's nice to ride in the foothills again after a long hot summer spent riding up in the Sierras to avoid heatstroke. Temps have dropped about 15 degrees
this last week. I've got a few other trips coming up, including Thanksgiving week riding the coast/hwy 1 while we are staying on the beach.


My mom enjoying the view last spring...

[demenshea]

Looks like you were riding in the middle of California Browns and Umbers!! I am always amazed how brown it gets here mid to late summer and how Green the rolling hills are in spring.

Nice pix and the bike looks gorgeous!! A beach front place....NICE!!! So...looking for company??

[Bandit66]

You know you are in California when people live in a cubicle house and put the blinds down on a beach front window!

[eye.surgeon]

Originally Posted by Bandit66

You know you are in California when people live in a cubicle house and put the blinds down on a beach front window!

Had to block some of that annoying view of the Pacific .