Back to the Ft. Bragg Starbucks to meet up with two wheel tramp,
who was prompt to the minute, having already ridden
about 150 miles via Hwy 101, Hwy 128 and Comptche ...
Besides meeting up with people 1/2 way through a day's ride, I have
a couple of other tricks:
1) always go to rallies where you know the
organizers pre-ride;
2) always try to ride with someone who is constantly making an effort to
ride with lots of different motorcycle people; and
3) alway try to ride with someone who can count on the fingers of two hands
how many days they expect their brand-new rear tire to last ...
We were soon on our way to Branscomb Road,
which I'd never ridden ...

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I was too busy trying to keep up to take any pics of Branscomb ...
fun to be riding a new-to-me road immediately ...
We were soon riding old dirt Sheetiron routes to Dos Rios,
to test out TWT's new rear DOT knobbie-slick ...
... the Trinity Six-Fifty looking good ... I hear it actually gets
washed ...
... and on to another old Sheetiron dirt route, new-to-me Poonkinney Road,
dropping us down into Covelo and then on to new-to-me Mina Road ...
... climbing up from the North Fork of the Eel River,
I guess, on Mina Road ...
Time for my afternoon nap, but only a moment to grab a pic ...
... and the end of Mina ... TWT waited for me so I could grab another pic
at the end of 18 miles of cool dirt ...
... view of the Trinity Six-Fifty's rear "dirt" tire ...
... but the road-goodness just kept on coming ...
... soon enough we were in Kettenpom, gassing up and talking
to the nice store-clerk about Kettenpom's June-teenth party,
which of course TWT has been to before ...