Bay area dirt?

[BigT]

Originally Posted by Mudcat

When I was there last May, I did walk upstream a ways and I didn’t see anywhere I’d want to try crossing. But I did not cross the fence lines.

You don't actually have to cross any fence lines to find yourself on privately owned land. A lot of it is open-range out there, so it's hard to tell.
Easy rule of thumb is: Stay on the road and you won't be trespassing.

It is a shame about the closure, though, I too enjoyed riding Old Hernandez from time to time. Fun road.

At least there's still LaGloria.

[Mudcat]

Originally Posted by BigT

It is a shame about the closure, though, I too enjoyed riding Old Hernandez from time to time. Fun road.
At least there's still LaGloria.

I would take Old Hernandez every time I went down or up Hwy 25. It made a nice break from all the high speed stuff. And it was part of one of my favorite loops from Hollister through Clear Creek. Nice ride.

[BigT]

Originally Posted by Mudcat

I would take Old Hernandez every time I went down or up Hwy 25. It made a nice break from all the high speed stuff.

Yup, that's what I did, too. It was a nice little change of pace, and scenery, when you got tired of 25. I actually kind of enjoyed having to dodge livestock on the road.

[scottrnelson]

Originally Posted by BigT

I actually kind of enjoyed having to dodge livestock on the road.

Livestock in the road can help motorcycles get past slower traffic too. The last time I rode Mosquito Ridge Road out of Foresthill, we were stuck behind three of those short buses with rafts on top hauling people to the top of the rapids to do some whitewater rafting. We maybe could have passed one on that narrow and winding road, but not three of them. When they stopped for the cattle in the middle of the road, it was easy enough to thread our way through the cows while the buses waited for them to get off of the road.

[Mudcat]

Originally Posted by BigT

I actually kind of enjoyed having to dodge livestock on the road.

Me too
I had a stampede going once on New Idria road.
I had too stop and calm the cattle down. I was afraid the rancher would shoot me.

[vaara]

Re-resurrecting thread...

What about Fish Rock Road? Looks like fun. Doable on a Wee with Anakee IIs?

[High Country Herb]

Originally Posted by vaara

Re-resurrecting thread...

What about Fish Rock Road? Looks like fun. Doable on a Wee with Anakee IIs?

Sure. My wife and I accidentally took that road in our 68 Camaro going from Hwy 1 to 101. We didn't have enough fuel to turn back, so we rally raced the whole thing pretty hard Dukes of Hazard style. Just before we reached 101, the 6x9 speakers fell into the trunk because the bolts had rattled loose.

It has been a couple of years, but at the time there was quite a bit of washboard. On a bike, you could probably drive around it better than we did. Nothing too rough though.