Get your motor running

waterfall

Since this last Monday I had a)the day off, b)no real plans and c) the weather was looking pretty wonderful, I decided to hop on the motorcycle and see where I wound up.

I found my self heading south east and spotted a dirt road. I had to check it out. The nearby cows wondered where I thought I was going.

Moooo cows

Perhaps I should have listened to them as it wasn’t long before my way was completely blocked by a large pool of water. I turned around and found a trail leading into a nearby housing development. Now I was heading North east and I decided to continue along this route. Passing through Folsom I found myself going along the lake on Salmon Falls road. At the North end of the lake I stopped to watch some gold panners and check out several beautiful butterflies gathered on the shore.

Butterflies

It wasn’t long though before I was on the road again, passing the Forest hill bridge and heading steadily up into the hills. The Sunshine felt wonderful and warm but still I could detect a chill in the air and as I pulled into the town of Foresthill I spotted patches of snow on the ground. I only continued a few more miles up the road before I decided that I really didn’t want to ride my bike in any snow, having already experienced that many years ago, so I turned around prepared to head home. Then I spotted a sign that said 15 miles to Colfax. With only a moments hesitation I decided to go that way. This turned out to be an interesting choice as almost all of the 15 miles was dirt or gravel. Still it was a beautiful stretch of road and the recent rains and melting snow meant that there were numerous waterfalls all along the way to stop and enjoy.

Another waterfall

At one point I was startled to turn around and spot a dead dear by the roadside, looked like a vehicle had hit it and something had been chewing on it as the back half was mostly gone, yech. Reaching the suspension bridge down at the bottom of the canyon I went for a short hike along the river which was really roaring along.