Clear Lake - January Meeting

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Happy New Year everyone!  2012 … a new year and we’re starting with a January meeting and  campout at Clear Lake, the largest inland lake in California.  Clear Lake has 100 miles of scenic shoreline, and we’ll be riding alot of it on the tour.  Our meeting and campout will be at the Edgewater Resort and Park at Soda Bay, right on the shore of Clear Lake.  This campground Is on the west side of the lake, just south and east of the Clear Lake state park and a few miles from the town of Kelseyville.  The address is 6420 Soda Bay Road, Kelseyville, CA 95451 and the Long/Lat coordinates are N39 00.070 W122 47.575.

The park has beautiful campsites, hot showers, clean restrooms and restaurants within walking distance.  These are some of the friendliest people I’ve dealt with and I look forward to a great time.  We have the use of a heated clubhouse for our meeting (if we need it), firepits at the campsites, free wi-fi and there are cabins available for rent if you don’t want to use your tent.  Friday night camping is also available.  Please call Sandra at (707) 349-2482 to make reservations for cabins or Friday campsites.

We’ll start the tour with breakfast at 8:00 AM at the Denny’s in Fairfield, 260 Pittman Road, and depart around 9:00 AM.  Heading north, we’ll ride Suisun Valley road, Capell Valley road and over Berryessa Knoxville road to our first scenic stop overlooking Lake Berryessa.  Then along Pope Creek, past the Hubcap House and up Butts Canyon to a gas/rest stop at the Hidden Valley Mart in Middletown.  After that our route will take us right along the entire eastern shore of Clear Lake.  If you have never ridden around the lake, it’s a surprise how big it is.  After a break at the Alpine Park in Lucerne, right on the eastern shore of the lake, we’ll continue north on Hwy 20 past the Blue Lakes, over the East Fork of the Russian River and past Lake Mendocino before heading back south for our lunch stop in Ukiah.  Finishing up with some fun twisties on CA-175 we’ll have done about 185 miles and should be at the campground by 2:30 or so with plenty of time to setup and catch up before the meeting starts at 4:00PM.

For members who ride up individually, please plan to arrive at the park after noon on Saturday when the office opens.  When you arrive, stop at the office to sign in and pick up a restroom key.  There is a $5.00 deposit (cash only) for each restroom key that will be refunded when you leave on Sunday and return the key.  Don’t worry if you plan on leaving early, we have made arrangements.

As always, new members and guests are welcome.  If you are new to the club and would like to join the ride, please check with the tour captain at the start of the ride.  Club members and guests are reminded to have a full tank of gas and be ready to ride at the departure time.

Tour Captain: Lee Blake

Comments

[Jim Irvine]

I am trying to make clear lake ride with you, start at dennys, fairfield, do you ride rain/shine? talk to you soon Jim