Pioneer Days Campout ...

[SFMCjohn]

Originally Posted by CDONA

I wonder why this shop hasn't been a stop of a Berryessa GP, like Busters, or the burger shop down the road bit.
Every Oct when I stay in VV & Calistoga, I check to see what is new. Seems a waste for just one spectator, group $$ should make this easy.

It seems that every time Michael Nieman runs the large aircraft engine outside his motorcycle rental shop in St. Helena, he’s putting his life on the line.

“I’m scared. Something always happens. That thing will kill ya’,” says Nieman before firing up his Pratt & Whitney R-4360 engine ...

The sound is deafening. The wind from the prop is strong enough to blow someone’s back up against a wall. He’s had to chain the engine to his business to keep it from traveling across the street. During a recent run, Nieman caught his hand on fire while trying to prime the engine with gasoline. He admits that wasn’t as bad as the time a fireball from the engine set his roof on fire.

... I've got $20 to maybe see that ...

[GB500guy]

Hey John, Thanks for the great post!! Wonderful shot of Lake Solano and the Hedgerow Farms flowers. We need to connect for a ride some day.

-Bill

[SFMCjohn]

Originally Posted by GB500guy

Hey John, Thanks for the great post!! Wonderful shot of Lake Solano and the Hedgerow Farms flowers. We need to connect for a ride some day.

-Bill

... thanks, Bill, would love to catch up with
you and find some of those small roads above
Vacaville or run Reiff/Rayhouse ...

... Lake Solano was one of those fun moments
for me when I recognize a place from a ride report ...
guess I usually just take Pleasant Valley Road to Hwy 128 ...

... super glad to have found
Hedgerow Farms, thanks for the tip!

[SFMCjohn]

... was back up this way this weekend and got
some pics of Hedgerow Farms a week later ...



... neat clouds over Lake Solano on 5/4/18 ...



... the poppies, a week later ...



... came across a couple of other GB500guy spots!



The rainbow arch bridge over Cache Creek on CR 41, in Rumsey ... built in 1930 ...
lots of water in the creek this weekend ...



... views along Bear Valley ...

... thanks for the inspiration and for the riding tips, Bill!

[Cabrito]

I looked for that sign on my way through Sunday and totally missed it. Nice pics John!