27th June 2016 - Santa Rosa CA - Kms to date 169.

Kms today 169.

Outside Casa del Whiteside.

We picked up our bikes this morning from Jon Daggett, who is a lawyer in his day job, in the car park behind his office. Mine was fine but Alan's BMW 1200 GS was a 2009 model not the 2012 model he expected.  It also had a noisy gearbox and Alan was a bit concerned until he got used to it.
We headed back to Joe and Thelma's place, who had been looking after us since Saturday.  Thelma is Kellea's step grandmother and Joe migrated from Belfast in 1956. After a hearty brunch we headed off at about 11am.  By then it had got very hot and was hovering around  38 degrees.

Outside the Whiteside Country Club.

We took the Interstate 80 and it was riddled with roadworks and very busy. We turned off the interstate to Davis which is a big university town, and on to Winters and the twisty road over the mountains: it didn't disappoint. Both bikes performed well but mine had a worn front tyre that caused a few slides.
Unfortunately we got separated and arrived in Calistoga at different times.  Alan went on to Martinelli's winery,  where  he splashed out on a A$85 bottle of wine. I went on to our motel and met him there. While I was waiting for Alan  a couple of local bikers stopped and offered assistance in the good old fashioned way.  They were heading for Suzies Bar in Calistoga and invited me to come along.  Actually Calistoga would have been a  better place to stay than Santa Rosa and the unlovely Motel 6 we are in tonight!

We are off to the coast tomorrow and hopefully some cooler weather.

Lake Berryessa on the way to Santa Rosa.